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  1. Policy on height and weight requirements

    June 1996 - Standards for height and weight are sometimes used to screen or evaluate job applicants. In the OHRC's experience, this tends to occur in recruitment for occupations that traditionally have been male dominated. These standards or selection criteria are based on the average physical stature of men in the majority population group. Women and members of racialized groups are, on the average, physically smaller than members of the majority population group. Consequently, these groups tend to be disadvantaged by height and weight criteria. The policy of the OHRC with regard to such recruitment practices is set out below. This policy applies to all height and weight criteria used in the context of employment.
  2. Policy on requiring a driver's licence as a condition of employment

    September 2000 - A driver's licence contains personal information about an individual which could lead to the classification of a job applicant according to a prohibited ground of discrimination, contrary to subsection 23(2) of the Code. Therefore, unless a driver's licence is required to enable a person to perform the essential duties of a job, it should not be requested in an application form or during an employment interview.
  3. Policy on discrimination and language

    June 1996 - This policy statement sets out the OHRC’s position on language-based discrimination in the areas of employment, accommodation, services, contracts, and membership in trade unions, trades, occupational associations or self-governing professions. Although the Code does not explicitly identify "language" as a prohibited ground of discrimination, the Human Rights tribunal of Ontario may consider claims under a number of related grounds, such as ancestry, ethnic origin, place of origin and in some circumstances, race. In the Commission's experience, language can be an element of a complaint based on any of these grounds.

  4. Politique concernant le poids et la grandeur comme exigences professionelles

    Juin 1996 - Il arrive qu'un employeur se serve de normes de poids et de grandeur pour présélectionner et évaluer les personnes candidates à un emploi. La CODP a surtout constaté cette pratique en ce qui concerne le recrutement dans des métiers traditionnellement dominés par les hommes. Ces normes ou critères de sélection sont basés sur la carrure moyenne des hommes faisant partie du groupe majoritaire au sein de la population. Les femmes et les hommes appartenant à certains groupes racialisés sont, en moyenne, plus petits et moins forts que les membres du groupe majoritaire, et de ce fait, les critères de poids et de grandeur les mettent dans une position désavantageuse. Ce document énonce la politique adoptée par la CODP à l'égard de ce type de pratiques de recrutement. Elle s'applique à l'ensemble des critères de poids et de grandeur utilisés dans le domaine de l'emploi.
  5. Politique concernant le permis de conduire comme condition d'emploi

    Septembre 2000 - Le permis de conduire contient des informations privées sur la personne qui pourraient permettre de classer un candidat de manière fondée sur un motif illicite de discrimination, ce qui contreviendrait au paragraphe 23(2) du Code. Par conséquent, à moins que le permis de conduire ne soit nécessaire pour permettre à la personne de remplir les obligations essentielles d'un poste, on ne doit pas l'exiger sur une formule de demande d'emploi ou lors d'une entrevue d'emploi.
  6. Policy on creed and the accommodation of religious observances

    October 1996 - Creed is a prohibited ground of discrimination under the Code. Every person has the right to equal treatment with respect to services, goods, facilities, employment, the occupancy of accommodation, the right to enter into contracts and the right to join trade unions or other vocational associations, without discrimination because of creed. These policy guidelines set out the position of the OHRC with respect to creed and the accommodation of religious observances related to a person's creed.
  7. Policy on HIV/AIDS-related discrimination

    November 1996 - This policy clarifies the scope of the Code's protection for persons who are or are perceived to be infected with HIV or who have contracted HIV-related illnesses. The guidelines contained in this policy are based on extensive consultations between the OHRC and a wide-ranging number of interest and advocacy groups, employer groups, services providers, and members of the medical community, including hospital administrators.
  8. OHRC letter to the former Ontario Insurance Commission

    From: Discussion paper: Human rights issues in insurance

    November 28, 1997 - In accordance with PART IV, s.36 of the Ontario Insurance Commission’s (“the OIC”) Rules of Practice and Procedure for Commissioner, Superintendent and Advisory Board Hearings, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (“the Commission”) submits this letter of comment with respect to the public hearing to be held on an application filed by (the insurer) for an automobile insurance classification system and automobile insurance rates.

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