In Canada, local hires at foreign missions do not enjoy all of the benefits of the Ontario Human Rights Code, Ed Canning explains in Diplomacy Trumps Labour Laws for Pregnant Secretary, on April 3, 2011. The article relates unequal treatment experienced by local hires employed by consulates, embassies and foreign military installations and questions whether the equal protection rules have been sufficiently tested under section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Canning advocates an adjustment of the State Immunity Act in order to accommodate the requirements of the Employment Standards Act, unless a court would interpret the acts in favor of local hires. -- by Clemens Kochinke, partner, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP, Washington, DC.
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