Earlier this year the Ontario Superior Court of Justice heard the case of Menard v. The Centre for International Governance Innovation where an employer discovered that its former employee had been using his work computer to download a considerable volume of TV shows, movies and music. The employee had been using a peer-to-peer software program […]
Is Canadian Citizenship or Permanent Residency required to work in Canada?
Under the Ontario Human Rights Code, discrimination on the basis of citizenship is prohibited. This means that, as across other social areas, an employer cannot make decisions that are based on your citizenship. Does this protection extend to prohibit employers from making Canadian citizenship or permanent residency a precondition to employment? In Haseeb v Imperial […]