Husband and wife both discriminated against by employer

Accommodation not sought for wife injured at work; husband was fired because of wife’s workers’ compensation claim

Employers can discriminate against employees in many ways. Whether intentional or not, if an employee is disadvantaged because of a characteristic protected by human rights legislation, the employer can get into human rights trouble. And it doesn’t really matter whether the arrangement is that of an employment or a contractor relationship.

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