Complaint statistics: sections cited
Complaint grounds cited by section of the Alberta Human Rights Act
April 1, 2019 - March 31, 2020
This provides information on the number of grounds and areas cited in the 895 new complaint files opened in 2019-20. Each complaint may cite more than one ground and area.
| Employment practices (section 7) |
77% |
| Good, services, accommodation, or facilities (section 4) |
16% |
| Tenancy (section 5) |
3% |
| Applications and advertisements re: employment (section 8) |
2% |
| Retaliation (section 10.1) |
1% |
| Membership in trade union, etc. (section 9) |
1% |
| Publications, notices (section 3) |
<1% |
| Equal pay (section 6) |
<1% |
| Frivolous or vexatious complaints with malicious intent (section 10.2) |
0% |
Revised: May 21, 2021
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