Alberta Dairy Pool v. Alberta (Human Rights Commission), [1990] 2 S.C.R. 489, is a leading Human Rights decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. The Court expanded on the concept of accommodation up to undue hardship first established in Ontario Human Rights Commission and O'Malley v. Simpsons-Sears Ltd. (1985) and provided a set of factors to consider when evaluating undue hardship.
Jim Christie was an employee at an Albertan Dairy farm since 19...
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Alberta Dairy Pool v. Alberta (Human Rights Commission), [1990] 2 S.C.R. 489, is a leading Human Rights decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. The Court expanded on the concept of accommodation up to undue hardship first established in Ontario Human Rights Commission and O'Malley v. Simpsons-Sears Ltd. (1985) and provided a set of factors to consider when evaluating undue hardship.
Jim Christie was an employee at an Albertan Dairy farm since 1980. In 1983 he joined the Worldwide Church of God and as part of his observance of the faith he had to take a number of days off work. The Dairy farm was initially accommodating but when he tried to take off a Monday, which was the busiest day of the week, they refused to let him off and told him that if he did not show up to work he would be fired. Christie did not show up on Monday and when he returned from work on Tuesday his job was filled with a new employee.
Christie submitted a complaint under the Individual's Rights Protection Act for...
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