Zabeda Yaqoob, K.C. will lead the Alberta Human Rights Commission and Tribunals starting today in a six-year appointment that runs until July 20, 2031. Yaqoob brings more than 20 years …
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B.C. tribunal links domestic violence trauma to failed driving tests in workplace discrimination case
A British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has denied an employer’s application to dismiss a discrimination complaint filed by a worker who was demoted after failing to obtain her driver’s licence, …
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Former Loblaws worker who stopped communicating with employer loses disability discrimination case
An Alberta human rights tribunal dismissed a disability discrimination complaint against Loblaws after finding a former employee failed to communicate with her employer for nearly two years following … Free …
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PREMIUM Canadian Tire worker awarded $50K after sexual harassment, wrongful termination
A Toronto retail worker has been awarded nearly $50,000 after a Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario found she was sexually harassed by her supervisor and then fired in retaliation for… …
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Tribunal dismisses post-employment sexual harassment claim involving recruiter with ‘malicious intent’
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario dismissed a sexual harassment complaint after finding the applicant failed to establish a factual connection between alleged incidents and discrimination under the… Free Membership …
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Human rights tribunal rejects worker’s request to ban publication of medical records
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has denied a former student union executive’s request to limit public disclosure of her medical information in a discrimination case, ruling that privacy concerns …
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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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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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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… Free …
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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… …