Annual Update for Human Rights

Omar Ha-Redeye spoke at the Ontario Bar Association’s 2019 Annual Update on Human Rights on May 29, 2019.

Human Rights in Recruitment
Amanda Boyce, Stringer LLP
Omar Ha-Redeye, Omar Ha-Redeye Professional Corporation
Oren Barbalat, SpringLaw
Moderator: Samia Hussein, DesJardins

Understand key human rights considerations that exist
before the employment relationship starts and are affected
by broader social and technological advances, which affect
rights entitlement:

•  Use and challenges of artificial intelligence in the
  recruitment process
• Strategies for ensuring artificial intelligence complies
  with human rights codes
• Avoiding recruiting errors that perpetuate
  discrimination and exclusion
• Role of lawyers in advising clients on best practices in
  hiring while advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
  principles
•  Protected ground of citizenship as substantive law:
  Haseeb v Imperial Oil 2018 HRTO 957
•  Advice for complying with immigration/human rights
  codes when hiring