The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has dismissed a disability discrimination complaint against Dynamic Suspensions, finding the worker failed to provide a factual basis linking his termination to his disability.… …
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Tribunal rejects Assisted Living of Southwestern Ontario bid to dismiss disability discrimination case
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has rejected an employer’s request to dismiss a disability discrimination complaint, finding that previous Workplace Safety and Insurance Board proceedings did not… Free Membership …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Ontario tribunal dismisses discrimination claim after worker files wrongful dismissal lawsuit
A worker who filed both a wrongful dismissal lawsuit and a human rights complaint about the same termination cannot pursue the discrimination claim at the tribunal, the Human Rights Tribunal …
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FeaturedMental Health
Ontario tribunal orders worker to produce medical records in mental capacity dispute
A self-represented worker who claims she was mentally incapable when signing a termination release must produce medical and educational records from 2023 to defend against an abuse of process motion, …
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PREMIUM Moores faces human rights complaint despite late filing after technical error
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has accepted a late-filed sex and family status discrimination complaint against Moores the Suit People, finding the public interest outweighs the delay caused when… …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
BC tribunal allows worker to add employer to sexual harassment complaint 17 months past deadline
The BC Human Rights Tribunal has allowed a former support worker to add her employer to a sexual harassment complaint nearly two years after the deadline, finding it was in …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Ontario diner ordered to pay server $15,000 after firing her for attending medical appointment
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ordered a diner in Owen Sound and its owner to pay a former server more than $15,000 after finding her disability was a …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
Tribunal allows former soldier to expand sex discrimination complaint, denies broad timeline extension
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has granted a former Canadian Armed Forces member partial permission to expand her discrimination complaint, allowing her to add systemic discrimination allegations … Free Membership …
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FeaturedWorkplace News
Former Canadian Tire franchise ordered to pay $20,000 for racial profiling of customer
A Nova Scotia Board of Inquiry has ordered a former Canadian Tire franchise operator to pay $20,000 in general damages to a customer who was subjected to racial profiling during …
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Opinion/Commentary
When the numbers don’t add up: A statistical gambit at the human rights tribunal
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThere’s a certain desperation that sets in when you’ve lost a case and the clock is ticking on your last chance to change the outcome. But when a medical resident …