Sexual Harassment

The New Brunswick Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that an insurance company is not required to defend a wrongful dismissal and defamation lawsuit because the claims involved sexual …

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The BC Human Rights Tribunal has allowed a discrimination complaint from a former settlement worker to proceed to a hearing, rejecting the employer’s application to dismiss the case. Most of …

A BC Human Rights Tribunal has partially upheld a discrimination complaint from a former BC Ferries employee, allowing allegations of a “culture of sexism” to proceed to a hearing while …

A woman’s human rights complaint alleging workplace sex discrimination was dismissed after a B.C. Human Rights Tribunal found no reasonable connection between her sex and the adverse treatment she exp… …

A recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision has ruled that negative social media posts by former employees about their employers did not qualify as expression on matters of public …

A worker who witnessed a co-worker’s spouse being sexually assaulted after a company Christmas party has been granted workplace injury benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by the Workpla… Free …

A retail worker who experienced workplace harassment in 2017 has been granted entitlement for a recurrence of a 2014 traumatic mental stress injury, along with recognition of permanent impairment and …

The Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT) in British Columbia has ruled that allegations of sexual assault brought by a former personal assistant against her employer, while serious, did not ar… …

The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has denied an application by BC Hydro and one of its employees to further defer a sexual harassment complaint filed by a former employee, …