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Management Counsel: Employment and Labour Law Update April 2017 Vol. XVI No. 2

A Weighty Issue: Discrimination on the Basis of Physical Size

The term “fat-shaming” is commonly used to describe an act of ridicule or humiliation based on a person’s physical size. e scathing critiques Lady Gaga received after this year’s Super Bowl performance provide one of the most recent high pro le examples. e numerous and varied public responses elicited by these critiques also illustrate it is an issue that triggers lively and heated debate.

Proposal to Include “Weight” as a Protected Ground

While differential treatment on the basis of size is an issue that has garnered much attention in the news and social media, it is also a topic that has recently been presented for legislative deliberation. Bill 200 was recently tabled in Manitoba seeking to amend that province’s Human Rights Code to include “physical size or weight” as a protected ground. 

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