Reference no: EM133336843

Assignment:

When Rebecca began working for the packaging company in 2003, her first name was Tony. She was hired as a general labourer on August 24, 2003. In 2008, she was accepted in the gender identity clinic and began transition from living as a man to living as a woman. She started the process of sex reassignment and developed female breasts as a result of hormone treatments. Rebecca says that she was harassed, subjected to a poisoned work environment and dismissed - all violations of the Human Rights Code.

Rebecca said that Gerry, a lead hand and machine operator, played a central role in the harassment and the incident that led to her dismissal. The packing company said the allegations never happened. The company argued that it treated the applicant appropriately, considering her a man and treating her like other men until it received medical or legal documentation that she was a woman. They say they fired her because of her change of identity.

1. In what ways do you think Rebecca might have experienced discrimination in her employment?
2. What remedy do you think Rebecca should receive because she was discriminated against?
3. What "Grounds of Discrimination" can be identified in Rebecca's case?