2The following definitions apply in this Act.
“Board” means Board of Inquiry appointed under section 23. (commission d’enquête)
“business or trade association” means an organization of persons that by an enactment, agreement or custom has power to admit, suspend, expel or direct persons in relation to a business or trade. (association de gens d’affaires ou association de métiers)
“commercial unit” means a building or other structure or part of a building or other structure that is used or occupied or is intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied for the manufacture, sale, resale, processing, reprocessing, displaying, storing, handling, garaging or distribution of personal property, or any space that is used or occupied or is intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied as a separate business or professional unit or office in a building or other structure or in a part of a building or other structure. (établissement commercial)
“Commission” means the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission. (Commission)
“employer” includes every person, firm, corporation, agent, manager, representative, contractor or subcontractor having control or direction of, or being responsible, directly or indirectly, for the employment of any person. (employeur)
“employers’ organization” means an organization of employers formed for purposes that include the regulation of relations between employers and employees. (organisation patronale)
“employment agency” includes a person who undertakes with or without compensation to procure employees for employers and a person who undertakes with or without compensation to procure employment for persons. (agence de placement)
“mental disability” means
(incapacité mentale)
(a)
a condition of mental retardation or impairment,
(b)
a learning disability, or dysfunction in one or more of the mental processes involved in the comprehension or use of symbols or spoken language, or
“Minister” means the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour and includes any person designated by the Minister to act on the Minister’s behalf. (ministre)
“person” , in addition to the extended meaning given by the Interpretation Act, includes an employment agency, an employers’ organization and a trade union. (personne)
“physical disability” means any degree of disability, infirmity, malformation or disfigurement of a physical nature caused by bodily injury, illness or birth defect and includes, but is not limited to, a disability resulting from any degree of paralysis or from diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, amputation, lack of physical coordination, blindness or visual impediment, deafness or hearing impediment, muteness or speech impediment, or physical reliance on a guide dog or on a wheelchair, cane, crutch or other remedial device or appliance. (incapacité physique)
“professional association” means an organization of persons that by an enactment, agreement or custom has power to admit, suspend, expel or direct persons in the practice of an occupation or calling. (association professionnelle)
“sex” includes pregnancy, the possibility of pregnancy or circumstances related to pregnancy. (sexe)
“social condition” , in respect of an individual, means the condition of inclusion of the individual in a socially identifiable group that suffers from social or economic disadvantage on the basis of his or her source of income, occupation or level of education. (condition sociale)
“trade union” means an organization of employees formed for purposes that include the regulation of relations between employees and employers. (syndicat ouvrier)
R.S.1973, c.H-11, s.2; 1976, c.31, s.1; 1983, c.30, s.14; 1985, c.30, s.4, 16; 1986, c.8, s.57; 1992, c.2, s.27; 1992, c.30, s.2; 1998, c.41, s.64; 2000, c.26, s.161; 2004, c.21, s.1.1; 2005, c.3, s.1; 2006, c.16, s.87; 2007, c.10, s.49