What is the current state of the law in BC when dealing with a human rights complaint?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Parsons v. A&B Tool Rentals and another, 2018 BCHRT 154 (CanLII):

Section 43 provision confers protection on people in connection with human rights complaints: Protection 43 A person must not evict, discharge, suspend, expel, intimidate, coerce, impose any pecuniary or other penalty on, deny a right or benefit to or otherwise discriminate against a person because that person complains or is named in a complaint, might complain or be named in a complaint, gives evidence, might give evidence or otherwise assists or might assist in a complaint or other proceeding under this Code. Although the word “retaliation” does not appear in this section, the term is frequently used as a short hand to describe the conduct that it prohibits: Gichuru v. Law Society of BC, 2010 BCCA 543 [Gichuru] at paras. 40-41.

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