A painter who rejected her supervisor’s repeated propositions for sex has been awarded more than $74,000 by the Human Rights Tribunal of Alberta, which found she was fired days after …
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Tribunal upholds lawyer’s suspension over sexual harassment of employees
An Ontario lawyer’s bid to overturn his four-month licence suspension for sexually harassing two employees at his firm has been dismissed by the Law Society Tribunal’s appeal division. The lawyer, …
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Arbitrator rejects TMU bid to disqualify union’s co-counsel
An Ontario labour arbitrator has dismissed a motion by Toronto Metropolitan University seeking to bar two in-house lawyers with the Canadian Association of University Teachers from acting as co-counse… Free …
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Windsor, Ont., high school counsellor acquitted in student sexual assault case
A former high school counsellor in Windsor has been acquitted on six charges of sexual assault and sexual touching involving three teenage students, with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice …
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Alberta Health Services fails to overturn nurse harassment ruling
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has dismissed an application by Alberta Health Services to overturn an arbitrator’s award that found the health authority discriminated against a nurse after she was… …
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Federal board shields identity of DND worker alleging sexual assault
A former civilian employee of the Department of National Defence who plans to argue she was constructively dismissed in retaliation for speaking publicly about sexual assault has been granted an …
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Legal group urges B.C. to restrict NDAs in workplace gender-based violence cases
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) is urging the British Columbia government to ban or sharply limit non-disclosure agreements in cases of gender-based violence, saying the contracts silenc… Free Membership …
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Department of National Defence ordered to pay $20,000 for gender harassment
A family peer support coordinator with the Department of National Defence has been awarded $20,000 after the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board found her supervisor harassed h… …
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The Federal Court has dismissed most of a bid for summary judgment in a class action accusing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police of systemic negligence in its pre-employment medical examinations, …


