“In cases where concern for the employee’s capacity is largely economic . . . it may be difficult, if not impossible, to demonstrate that mandatory retirement at a fixed age, without regard to individual capacity, may be validly imposed . . .” - Ontario Human Rights Commission v. Etobicoke, … [Read more...]
Mandatory Retirement in Canada Has “Gone the Way of the Kiki Bird” – It’s Very Rare!
One of the first human rights cases I worked on while articling at the Alberta courts involved mandatory retirement. In 1992, Dr. Olive Dickason unsuccessfully challenged the University of Alberta’s mandatory retirement policy (see: Dickason v University of Alberta, [1992] 2 SCR 1103). While Dr. … [Read more...]