Discriminatory Employment Advertising
Employers are prohibited from discriminating, directly or indirectly, by inviting or advertising for employment based on any of the following grounds:
- race
- ancestry
- place of origin
- colour
- ethnic origin
- citizenship
- creed
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- sex
- sexual orientation
- age
- record of offences
- marital status
- family status
- disability or handicap
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Examples of indirect discriminatory employment advertising include:
- a request for "waitresses" as opposed to "waiters/waitresses", constitutes discrimination on the basis of sex;
- a requirement for "able-bodied persons" amounts to discrimination on the basis of handicap or disability;
- a stated request or preference for "Canadian experience" may amount to discrimination on the basis of place of origin or citizenship.
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