In Kosovic v Niagara Caregivers and Personnel Ltd (“Kosovic”), the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal held that a recruitment agency’s job application form that asked for the applicant’s date of birth contravened the Ontario Human Rights Code. The Tribunal awarded the applicant $500 in damages to compensate him for injury to his dignity, self-respect and feelings, … Continue reading
If you – being 50 years old – read a job advertisement addressed to people aged between 25 and 35 years, would you apply for the job? The petitioner in a recently decided case inGermanydid, but wasn’t invited for a job interview. Instead, the company invited another applicant for an interview and in the end … Continue reading