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Tribunal finds two paid days of religious leave not required

by Catherine L. Peters, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP

On September 3, 2008, Sherry Liang of the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal issued a decision that provides some much-needed clarification concerning the accommodation of religious observances. Of particular interest, the Tribunal rejected the Ontario Human Rights Commission's long-held policy position that employers must provide members of non-Western Christian religions with at least two days of paid religious leave to match the statutory holidays on Christmas and Good Friday (in PDF).

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