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Based on your readings of your assigned articles, the content of the textbook and your own interpretation, answer the following questions on Blackboard. Note the point value of each question. Point form is okay.

Q1: Summarize the article and outline the main facts (five points)

Q2: Since human rights in the workplace is the source of the employee's complaint, indicate which prohibited ground the individual is challenging and make the connection (two points)

Q3: Do you agree with the complainant that this issue is of concern for the employer? Do you think that this complaint would be successful under the law? Explain (three points)

Q4: Provide three messages that an employer might consider sharing with the media in reaction to an article like this. (three points)

Q5: If you decided to address this complaint or if you were ordered to do so by an adjudication, what steps would you take in the workplace? Mention the legal terminology that relates to your approach. (five points)

Q6: Speak generally about the awareness human resources professionals should have about emerging human rights issues and the value that having a proactive approach has to an organization. (two points)

Be sure to explain your logic in answering each one of these questions.

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Muslim woman claims discrimination over uniform skirt November 20, 2007, John Ward, THE CANADIAN PRESS https://teamsterscanada.org/en/blog/2007/11/20/muslim-woman-claims-discrimination-over-uniform-skirt/ OTTAWA - The country's airport security agency is reviewing its dress code after a Muslim screener complained to the Canadian Human Rights Commission that she had to wear a uniform she deemed immodest. The Teamsters union and the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations announced Monday that they filed a religious discrimination complaint on behalf of Halima Muse. Muse worked for five years as a screener at Toronto airport for a security company called Garda. Until last February, she wore trousers on the job, although she wasn't happy with them. "She never felt comfortable wearing the pants as she felt that they were not modest enough and showed the shape of her body," the complaint stated. "As a result, Ms. Muse always kept her jacket on throughout her shift." She rejected a below-the-knee uniform skirt and wanted a longer garment to conform with Islamic dress code, which calls for women to wear loose-fitting clothes that cover the entire body except the face, hands and feet. She sewed herself an ankle-length skirt in the uniform fabric and colour and wore it for about six months until the company, citing uniform regulations set by the Canadian Air Transport Security Agency, refused to allow the change and suspended her in August. The agency contracts Garda, which in turn employs the screeners. Anna-Karina Tabunar, a spokeswoman for the security agency, said this is the first complaint about uniforms. "We were just made aware of this complaint today," she said. "We're not treating it as simply a question of a new skirt . . . we're looking at this as a policy issue. We are evaluating all the aspects of this request and that takes some time to gather the facts and to evaluate the impact it will have on CATSA's uniform policy." She said the agency will ask Garda "to make an arrangement where she won't be financially penalized while CATSA makes its decision." The rights commission does not comment on complaints. It normally investigates complaints while trying to broker a mediated solution. If it cannot produce a settlement and its investigators find the complaint warranted, they can forward it to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, which has to power to hold hearings and impose penalties for discrimination.