Human Rights Law – Page 17 – Schenk & Associates

Sulz Decision Affirmed

I had written about the Sulz decision in an earlier post and which has now been affirmed by the BC Court of Appeal. The decision is significant because it addresses the jurisdictional argument raised by cases such as Vaughan and…

Human Rights Win for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

by Johannes Schenk / On October 11, 2006 / In Human Rights Law

The Canadian Association Of The Deaf, James Roots, Gary Milkowski, Barbara Lagrange and Marie Lou Cassie and Her Majesty The Queen, 2006 FC 971, a recent decision of the Federal Court of Canada deals with deaf and hard of hearing…

Drug Addiction and Accommodation

by Johannes Schenk / On October 3, 2006 / In Employment Law, Human Rights Law, Labour Law

Kemess Mines Ltd. v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 115, 2006 BCCA 58 and, Health Employers Assn. of B.C. (Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital) v. B.C. Nursesâ€™ Union, 2006 BCCA 57, two recent BC Court of Appeal decisons, have been…

Videogame Addiction

by Johannes Schenk / On June 18, 2006 / In Employment Law, Human Rights Law

There seems to be a new addiction: Videogame addiction. See this Washington Post article that discusses gaming addiction. Amsterdam's Smith and Jones Addiction Consultants now offers treatment for gaming addiction. Research on gaming addiction is thin at this point in…

2.2 Million US Military Personnel Privacy Violations

by Johannes Schenk / On June 7, 2006 / In Employment Law, Human Rights Law

See this Washington Post article on the recent theft of data from the Department of Veteran Affairs. And you thought you made a mistake. Concerns are now being raised that information (SSN and residential addresses) relating to 80% of the…

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