Members: Jurisdiction and Society

members: Hearing this, the Advocate's Society responded promptly and rebooked in a jurisdiction where homosexuality was not criminalized and where discrimination on the basis of a protected ground was not permitted or anticipated, according to Huffington Post Canada. I think the Advocate's Society made the right call for its membership, so whether it was legally required to do as it did was never a consideration. LGBTQ members brought to their attention the fact that Jamaica is not a safe jurisdiction in law or in practice for queer people and that the choice of location could, in effect, exclude many of those members. Photo Meinzahn via Getty Images From the perspective of an employment lawyer, I have to consider what the legal obligations of an employer in similar circumstances might be. I think the answer would likely come down to accommodation analysis and whether visiting a particular jurisdiction is a bona fide occupational requirement. If a company hosts its corporate retreat in a jurisdiction where the law is hostile to its LGBTQ employees, are they in so doing discriminating against their LGBTQ employees What if they open an office there and require periodic attendance What if their training center is located in a jurisdiction where discrimination against an employee is not only legal, but likely I'm looking at you, Mississippi I have long been of the view that employers in Ontario should tread carefully when sending their employees to jurisdictions which may have laws that are hostile to them or where they are likely to be exposed -- as a result of their membership in an identifiable group protected by the Human Rights Code -- to discrimination or danger. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.