Is a refusal to continue to employ a person on the basis of their pregnancy discrimination?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Maller v. The Keg Restaurant, 2000 BCHRT 8 (CanLII):
A refusal to continue to employ a person (a termination) on the basis of their pregnancy is considered discrimination on the basis of sex: Brooks v. Canada Safeway, 1989 CanLII 96 (SCC), [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1219, 10 C.H.R.R. D/6183. The Complainant is required to establish, on a balance of probabilities, that her pregnancy was a factor in the Respondent’s decision to terminate her employment. However, she is not required to prove that her pregnancy was the sole reason for the termination.
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