Is there any evidence that asking a question about diabetes at an employment interview disadvantaged an applicant?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Unantenne v. Hospital for Sick Children, 2012 HRTO 1222 (CanLII):
The respondent submitted that there was no discriminatory outcome or impact of the interview questions. The situation here is similar to that in Kailani v. G4S Security Services (Canada) Ltd., 2011 HRTO 1790, where the adjudicator concluded (at para. 38) that there was no evidence to indicate that asking a question referring to the applicant’s diabetes, differentially treated or disadvantaged the applicant in his efforts to obtain employment.
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