Human Resources Director Magazine quotes Toronto lawyer Grace McDonell in an article on strengthening and modernizing the Employment Equity Act.
HRD spoke with labour, employment and human rights lawyer Grace McDonell of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin in Toronto, to discuss the important takeaways of the recommendations for HR professionals.
“We're seeing a greater trend of cases from the courts coming out surrounding things like the misgendering of employees … discrimination complaints, that's why we do recommend having these types of EDI related policies to try to have focus more on the proactive rather than the reactive,” McDonell said, emphasizing that there have also been some higher human rights damages being awarded for discrimination in the workplace.