Understanding B.C.’s Human Rights Code as a Business Owner
Learn about your human rights responsibilities as an employer
Description
As a small business owner, you have a legal obligation to protect human rights in your workplace. All employees, clients and customers must be treated equally, while interacting with your business in a manner that’s free from discrimination.
Join us for this interactive webinar and discover your responsibilities as an employer in British Columbia under B.C.’s Human Rights Code. You’ll learn how the Code protects everyone’s human rights as ‘rights holders’ in our province, and how you can build a business free from inequality, discrimination and injustice.
This session is delivered by B.C.’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner.
What Will I Learn?
How B.C.’s Human Rights Code interacts with other human rights laws
Terms used in the B.C. human rights system
What counts as discrimination under B.C.’s Human Rights Code
Recognize what protected personal characteristics can be used to make human rights complaints
Understand the responsibilities of 'duty bearers' under B.C.'s Human Rights Code (specifically the 'duty to accommodate' and 'duty to inquire')
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- Once registered, you will receive the Zoom link for the webinar twice: 24 hours before the start time and 1 hour before.
- Registration closes 2 hours before webinar start time.
- Missed the live webinar? No problem. All registrants will receive access to the recording for seven days after the live session.
