By: Julius Melnitzer | January 28, 2026
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ruled an employers’ conduct that creates mere emotional discomfort for employees during the accommodation process may not amount to discrimination.
“What emerges from the Cillis v. Hamilton decision is an objective standard requiring employers to act reasonably, not perfectly,” says Jeff Goodman, a commercial employment law partner at Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark LLP and who wasn’t involved in the case.
Allison Cillis, an employee of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, sought a permanent teaching position with the board . . . MORE
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