A complaint can be made if you think your employer is not following the rules in the Employment Standards Code. Complaints can be made while you are still employed and at any time up to 6 months after your last day of employment.
In general, you cannot be fired for filing a complaint with HR about workplace issues, especially if you are reporting concerns related to harassment, discrimination, or other illegal activities.
In Canada, the power to make laws is divided between the federal and provincial governments. In the area of employment law, the federal government has jurisdiction over employment laws for specific works and undertakings within exclusive federal constitutional jurisdiction (set out below).
Please contact the Commission at complaint.plainte@chrc-ccdp.gc.ca or 1-888-214-1090 before you file your complaint.) You cannot file a complaint on someone's behalf without their permission, or proof that you have the authority to file on their behalf. Refer to the Complaint Form FAQ for more information.)
Reporting unfair or deceptive business practices The Competition Bureau by using their online complaint form. Your provincial or territorial consumer affairs office. The Better Business Bureau. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.
Provision. 13. A witness who testifies in any proceedings has the right not to have any incriminating evidence so given used to incriminate that witness in any other proceedings, except in a prosecution for perjury or for the giving of contradictory evidence.
To prove discrimination, a complainant has to prove that: they have a characteristic protected by the Human Rights Code Code; they experienced an adverse impact with respect to an area protected by the Code; and. the protected characteristic was a factor in the adverse impact.
Workplace discrimination is harmful and unlawful under Ontario's Human Rights Code. If you have experienced unfair treatment by your employer based on protected grounds such as age, gender, race, or disability, you may have legal recourse.