Court orders $34,800 payout after manager confronts sick employee at her home
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently addressed a case involving the limits of employer conduct when a staff member…
Category: Human Rights
Call centre must pay $20,000 for failing to accommodate blind job applicant
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ordered Convergys, a call centre operator, to pay $20,000 in damages to a…
PEI Court of Appeal upholds defence in discrimination case despite missing hiring file
The Prince Edward Island Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal from a man who sought to strike the French…
Optician must pay $8,000 for sexual harassment and poisoned work environment
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has found an optician and his business jointly liable for sexual harassment, sexual solicitation,…
Hilton Vancouver Metrotown ordered to pay damages after failing to accommodate long-time cook’s knee injury
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has ruled in favor of a long-serving kitchen employee who alleged that Hilton Vancouver…
Car dealership discriminated against employee by firing him while handcuffed during mental health crisis
A British Columbia car dealership has been found to have violated human rights laws after a manager handed a termination…
Tribunal orders disclosure of transplant database records in Indigenous discrimination case
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has ordered provincial health authorities to disclose specific data from the Patient Records and…
Alberta Human Rights Tribunal awards $15,000 to woman denied ultrasounds without lift assistance
The Human Rights Tribunal of Alberta has ordered EFW Radiology-Advanced Spinal Care Centre South to pay $15,000 in general damages…
Toronto Canadian Tire franchise and manager ordered to pay over $49,000 for sexual harassment and reprisal
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ordered a Toronto Canadian Tire franchise and one of its managers to pay…
Company discriminated against employee on maternity leave during corporate sale
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ordered Brandt Tractor Ltd. and its predecessor company to pay over $50,000 to…