Appeals Court Dismisses Discrimination Claim of Federal Worker Wanting to Continue Working From Home

Appeals Court Dismisses Discrimination Claim of Federal Worker Wanting to Continue Working From Home
View of Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 1, 2020. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
Peter Wilson
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A claim of discrimination filed by a government employee whose work-from-home arrangement had been cancelled by her manager has been dismissed by the Federal Court of Appeal. The employee, Anjie Tarek-Kaminker, is a federal Crown prosecutor in Toronto and a married mother of five.

“Not every conflict between one’s professional obligations and one’s family responsibilities constitutes prima facie discrimination,” Justice Anne Mactavish wrote in the decision, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.