What is the test for human dignity in employment law?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Elder Advocates of Alberta Society v. Alberta, 2008 ABQB 490 (CanLII):
A party alleging discrimination must establish that the differential treatment complained of impaired his or her human dignity: Law v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), 1999 CanLII 675 (SCC), [1999] 1 S.C.R. 497.
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