The Richmond Popcorn Company is committed to providing a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination and harassment. All employees are entitled to a working environment where they are treated with respect and dignity and have equal opportunity to fully contribute. All individuals are required to conduct themselves in a professional manner on company premises or while performing work and refrain from engaging in discrimination or harassment.
All employees have the right to a workplace free from discrimination and harassment based upon characteristics protected under the Ontario Human Rights Code including race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status and disability.
Discrimination occurs when an employer's rules, policies, procedures, or working conditions adversely affect an employee because of the employee's membership in a protected group.
Harassment is a form of discrimination. Discriminatory harassment means engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct that is known or ought to reasonably be known to be unwelcome based upon protected characteristics.
Distinctions based upon merit or qualifications will not constitute discrimination.
This Anti-Discrimination Policy applies to all full-time, part-time, casual, contract, permanent and temporary employees, and to job applicants. It applies to all aspects of employment including, but not limited to, recruitment, promotions, transfers, working arrangements, compensation and benefits and termination of employment.
To ensure that persons who are otherwise able to work are not unfairly excluded from doing so based upon protected characteristics, the Richmond Popcorn Company is committed to making every reasonable effort to accommodate the needs of employees related to the protected grounds of discrimination, short of causing undue hardship.
Accommodation requests should be directed to your immediate supervisor. The Richmond Popcorn Company is committed to responding to accommodation requests in a timely, confidential and sensitive manner.
Employment accommodation is assessed and provided on an individualized basis. Employees are expected to cooperate in the search for and implementation of reasonable accommodation.
The Richmond Popcorn Company will make every reasonable, practicable effort to ensure that no worker is subjected to unlawful discrimination or harassment. If the Richmond Popcorn Company becomes aware of a potential incident of discrimination or harassment, it will investigate the complaint or incident in a fair, timely and confidential manner.
Any violation of this policy may be grounds for disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.
No reprisal or penalty will be taken against a person for bringing forward a complaint of unlawful discrimination in good faith.
This Anti-Discrimination Policy will be reviewed and updated whenever there is a change that affects its effectiveness in preventing unlawful discrimination and, at minimum, every year.
If workers have questions regarding this policy, they may contact Dan Gemus or Nicole
Gemus.
