An Ontario lawyer has been suspended for eight months and ordered to pay $5,000 in costs after being found guilty of sexually harassing a vulnerable client through inappropriate messages and …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
Tribunal upholds withdrawal of $400K sexual harassment case pursued without victim’s consent
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has denied a request to reconsider its decision allowing a complainant to withdraw two sexual harassment applications that were filed on her behalf without …
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Employment ContractsFeaturedWrongful Dismissal
CEO awarded $184,000 after company fails to pay severance owed in employment contract
A former chief executive officer has been awarded more than $184,000 in damages after his employer failed to pay the severance outlined in his employment contract, according to an Ontario …
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A Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a discrimination case filed by a female entertainment industry worker after finding her claims fell outside the one-year filing deadline required under Ontario’s … …
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FeaturedMental HealthOccupational Health & Safety
Former jail guard with PTSD who refused customer service job wins workers’ comp appeal
A Nova Scotia worker with post-traumatic stress disorder has successfully appealed a decision that reduced his benefits after he refused a customer service position, with a tribunal finding the job …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
B.C. court refuses to quash human rights complaint over workplace injury discrimination
The BC Supreme Court has refused to overturn a human rights tribunal’s decision allowing a discrimination complaint to proceed, even though the complainant provided limited medical evidence to support… To …
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The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has dismissed a discrimination complaint brought by a Chinese Canadian man against Toronto Employment and Social Services, finding that staff at a city-run employm… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Grievance over contracted workers at long-term care home dismissed after years of inaction
An arbitrator has dismissed a grievance by SEIU Local 1 Canada that sought to bring workers employed by Compass Group Canada at a Toronto long-term care facility under its bargaining …
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Non-union civil servants dismissed without cause in Nova Scotia will now be eligible for up to 80 weeks of severance under new regulations the province says will bring more clarity …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Algoma Steel breached agreement by contracting out labourer work amid layoffs, arbitrator rules
Algoma Steel Inc. violated its collective agreement with the United Steelworkers of America, Local 2251, when it contracted out general labourer work while simultaneously laying off or terminating une… To …


