{"id":188,"date":"2019-06-14T21:13:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T21:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/humanresourcesinfoodservices\/chapter\/complying-with-human-rights-laws\/"},"modified":"2019-06-17T22:52:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T22:52:31","slug":"complying-with-human-rights-laws","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/humanresourcesinfoodservices\/chapter\/complying-with-human-rights-laws\/","title":{"raw":"Complying with Human Rights Laws","rendered":"Complying with Human Rights Laws"},"content":{"raw":"In Canada, human rights are guaranteed under the federal Charter of Human Rights, as well as under provincial legislation, such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bclaws.ca\/Recon\/document\/ID\/freeside\/00_96210_01\">British Columbia Human Rights Code<\/a>. The premise that forms the basis of these laws is that all people should be treated fairly, consistently, and in a dignified manner. In order to protect both your and your candidate\u2019s rights in the hiring process, it is important to be familiar with the fundamental principles of human rights legislation and how it applies in the context of job interviews. You must also ensure that the questions you ask are not in any way as discriminatory.\r\n\r\nA component of human resources management is the practice of legal <strong>[pb_glossary id=\"218\"]discrimination[\/pb_glossary]<\/strong>. For example, you may decide to hire a person who has at least five years in marketing because the job requires that level of expertise. If two people apply for the job and only one has this qualification, you can legally discriminate. In other words, you have the right to offer the job to the best candidate.\r\n\r\nHowever, there are areas in which you must not discriminate. The most familiar ones are race, sex, age, religion, and place of origin. (When hiring be sure to review the legislation for your jurisdiction.) Specifically the BC Human Rights Code sets out the following list of protected grounds that you cannot ask about or discriminate against:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Race<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Colour<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Ancestry<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Religion<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Place of origin<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Age<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sex<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sexual orientation<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Marital status<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Family status<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Physical or mental disability<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Political belief<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Criminal or summary conviction offence that is unrelated to the employment or to the intended employment of that person<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nInterview questions should avoid these protected grounds and focus strictly on determining the applicant\u2019s ability to perform the essential duties of the available position.\r\n\r\nFor more information on complying with human rights legislation, the following resources are available:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Websites\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bchrt.bc.ca\/\">BC Human Rights Tribunal<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bchrt.bc.ca\/\"><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrc-ccdp.ca\/eng\">Canadian Human Rights Commission<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Videos\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kziCfRPWRKY\">Canadian Human Rights Act video<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kziCfRPWRKY\"><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gr8MMwoUqAs\">What Is Discrimination? video<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gr8MMwoUqAs\"><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qfSY6EhCQMs\">Duty to Accommodate video<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5Hgx_EfAr4U\">Harassment video<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Fact sheets\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ag.gov.bc.ca\/human-rights-protection\/pdfs\/ProtectDiscrimination.pdf\">Human Rights in British Columbia [PDF] <\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bchrt.gov.bc.ca\/shareddocs\/human-rights\/HR1-Employment.pdf\">Human Rights in Employment [PDF]<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<p>In Canada, human rights are guaranteed under the federal Charter of Human Rights, as well as under provincial legislation, such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bclaws.ca\/Recon\/document\/ID\/freeside\/00_96210_01\">British Columbia Human Rights Code<\/a>. The premise that forms the basis of these laws is that all people should be treated fairly, consistently, and in a dignified manner. In order to protect both your and your candidate\u2019s rights in the hiring process, it is important to be familiar with the fundamental principles of human rights legislation and how it applies in the context of job interviews. You must also ensure that the questions you ask are not in any way as discriminatory.<\/p>\n<p>A component of human resources management is the practice of legal <strong><a class=\"glossary-term\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-describedby=\"definition\" href=\"#term_188_218\">discrimination<\/a><\/strong>. For example, you may decide to hire a person who has at least five years in marketing because the job requires that level of expertise. If two people apply for the job and only one has this qualification, you can legally discriminate. In other words, you have the right to offer the job to the best candidate.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are areas in which you must not discriminate. The most familiar ones are race, sex, age, religion, and place of origin. (When hiring be sure to review the legislation for your jurisdiction.) Specifically the BC Human Rights Code sets out the following list of protected grounds that you cannot ask about or discriminate against:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Race<\/li>\n<li>Colour<\/li>\n<li>Ancestry<\/li>\n<li>Religion<\/li>\n<li>Place of origin<\/li>\n<li>Age<\/li>\n<li>Sex<\/li>\n<li>Sexual orientation<\/li>\n<li>Marital status<\/li>\n<li>Family status<\/li>\n<li>Physical or mental disability<\/li>\n<li>Political belief<\/li>\n<li>Criminal or summary conviction offence that is unrelated to the employment or to the intended employment of that person<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Interview questions should avoid these protected grounds and focus strictly on determining the applicant\u2019s ability to perform the essential duties of the available position.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on complying with human rights legislation, the following resources are available:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Websites\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bchrt.bc.ca\/\">BC Human Rights Tribunal<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bchrt.bc.ca\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrc-ccdp.ca\/eng\">Canadian Human Rights Commission<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Videos\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kziCfRPWRKY\">Canadian Human Rights Act video<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kziCfRPWRKY\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gr8MMwoUqAs\">What Is Discrimination? video<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gr8MMwoUqAs\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qfSY6EhCQMs\">Duty to Accommodate video<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5Hgx_EfAr4U\">Harassment video<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Fact sheets\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ag.gov.bc.ca\/human-rights-protection\/pdfs\/ProtectDiscrimination.pdf\">Human Rights in British Columbia [PDF] <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bchrt.gov.bc.ca\/shareddocs\/human-rights\/HR1-Employment.pdf\">Human Rights in Employment [PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"glossary\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\" id=\"definition\">definition<\/span><template id=\"term_188_218\"><div class=\"glossary__definition\" role=\"dialog\" data-id=\"term_188_218\"><div tabindex=\"-1\"><p>The practice of denying a person or class of persons any accommodation, service, or facility customarily available to the public because of the race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, religion, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, or age.<\/p>\n<\/div><button><span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close definition<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/template><\/div>","protected":false},"author":123,"menu_order":9,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-188","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":176,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/humanresourcesinfoodservices\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/humanresourcesinfoodservices\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/humanresourcesinfoodservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/humanresourcesinfoodservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/humanresourcesinfoodservices\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/humanresourcesinfoodservices\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/188\/revisions\/285"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/humanresourcesinfoodservices\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/176"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/humanresourcesinfoodservices\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/188\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/humanresourcesinfoodservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/humanresourcesinfoodservices\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=188"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/humanresourcesinfoodservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=188"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/humanresourcesinfoodservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}