Employment Practices Liability
by David Edinger
David Edinger is a Co-Managing Partner, a member of the Management Committee, and a Partner in the Commercial Litigation, Construction, Insurance and Workplace Law Groups at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP.
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Overview
This HyperArticle™ explains the complexities of workplace law and the vital role of Employment Practices Liability (EPL) insurance. You’ll discover that EPL policies are essential risk-management tools for businesses, addressing issues like wrongful termination, discrimination, and harassment. Crucially, EPL often covers defence costs, which can be significant. To effectively advise your commercial clients, particularly small to mid-sized companies, this article gives you a solid grasp of both workplace law and EPL specifics to help mitigate costly employment claims and bridge coverage gaps.
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Optional – Additional Resources
Federal: By law, the Canadian Human Rights Commission must look at every discrimination complaint that it receives. The Commission can dismiss the complaint, refer it to an alternative dispute resolution mechanism, or investigate it. Employment-related issues comprise the largest share of complaints received. Driving Change: The Canadian Human Rights Commission’s 2023 Annual Report to Parliament.
Provincial: Employment-related complaints are also a major portion of the allegations made to the B.C. Human Rights Commission. The provincial Human Rights Code prohibits 15 grounds of discrimination: physical disability, mental disability, sex (including sexual harassment and pregnancy), race, place of origin, colour, ancestry, age (19 and over), family status, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, political belief, unrelated criminal conviction and lawful source of income. BC Human Rights Tribunal Reports
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