.Why is the Recruitment process seen as responsible for more discrimination than any other area of employment practice?

2. Joe applied for a position in a daycare centre. The centre refused to interview him because it thinks that parents would be uncomfortable with having a man take care of their young children. Joe filed an application with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal.

1. What is the alleged ground of discrimination?

2. In your opinion, did the employer contravene the Code? Explain your answer.

3. During his job interview, Zhou mentioned that he was recovering from an addiction to cocaine. The employer refused to proceed with the interview because the position being applied for was in a safety-sensitive area. Zhou filed an application with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal.

1. What is the alleged ground of discrimination?

2. In your opinion, did the employer contravene the Code? Explain your answer

4. In 2005, Mandeep was charged with, and pleaded guilty to, shoplifting. She received a conditional discharge and according to the law in that province (Quebec), she automatically received a pardon after the passage of a certain period of time. Four years later, Mandeep applied to be a police officer in Montreal, but her application was rejected because of her past charge on the ground that she did not meet the Montreal police services strict hiring standards, which required that candidates must be of good moral character. Mandeep filed a human rights application, alleging that her rights had been violated. The police responded that the misconduct itself, not the charge, brought her moral character into question. Assuming that this fact situation had taken place in Ontario:

1. What is the alleged ground of discrimination?

2. List possible arguments that Mandeep could make to support her claim.

   List possible arguments that the police could make to support their position.

5. You are the newly hired HR manager at a medium-sized bottling plant. A supervisor tells you that one of his employees, George, has just told him that he is in the process of

transitioning to a female and would like co-workers to refer to him by his new name: Gina. The supervisor thinks the other employees will simply find this a joke and make fun of George. How would you advise the supervisor?

7. What are your thoughts on employers having the right to run their business how they deem appropriate?

8. After watching this video and reading this article do you view Human Rights with a different perspective. Provide a paragraph on your experience and your thoughts keeping Employment Law in mind.