True.
In Ontario, Canada, the Ontario Human Rights Code (OHRC) is a provincial law that protects individuals from discrimination and harassment based on various grounds, including race, gender, religion, disability, and more. The OHRC sets out the rights and responsibilities of individuals and organizations in relation to these protected grounds.
The OHRC explicitly states that any provision in a contract or agreement that seeks to waive or override the rights and protections provided by the code is void and unenforceable. This means that even if an employer and employee mutually agree to certain terms that may go against the OHRC, those terms would not hold legal weight.
The OHRC aims to ensure that individuals are protected from discrimination and that their rights under the code are upheld. Therefore, the provisions of the code cannot be contractually waived or ignored by mutual agreement between the employer and employee.