A Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) worker who doesn’t want the man she accused of sexually harassing and assaulting her during employment to view her private medical records has been …
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B.C. school district ordered to pay student $5,000 for failing to accommodate her anxiety disorder
Editor’s note: This case, while not an employment law ruling, is of interest because it casts light on how a human rights tribunal views a person with invisible disabilities. The …
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Former Algoma University prof loses bid to keep name, medical information private in human rights complaint
A former part-time faculty member at Algoma University has lost his bid to keep his name and medical information private in a human rights complaint against the school and a …
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Former dispatcher at Iron Workers union was fired for harassment, not his disability: Ontario Human Rights Tribunal
A former dispatcher at an Ontario union, fired for harassment on the base of sex or sexuality, has had his human rights complaint dismissed by a tribunal. The worker, RL, …
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Adastra Labs granted deferral in human rights complaint from former worker who is also suing it for wrongful dismissal
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has decided to defer a complaint brought by a former Adastra Labs worker. The complaint, filed in December 2021, alleges that Adastra Labs discriminated …
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Iranian-born truck driver awarded $75,000 in human rights damages for harassment based on race, termination related to disability
A former truck driver for TST Overland Express (TST) has been awarded nearly $75,000 by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal after it ruled the Iranian-born man faced harassment based on …
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Employer’s ‘immediate and comprehensive’ approach to racial slur lauded in ruling that workplace wasn’t a poisoned environment
The Alberta Human Rights Commission has dismissed a complaint by an employee of the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee (OPGT) against her employer after one of her colleagues …
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City of Calgary employee’s discrimination claim dismissed by Alberta Human Rights Commission
The Alberta Human Rights Commission has dismissed a discrimination complaint filed by an employee of the City of Calgary. The worker, SK, alleged that the city discriminated against her in …
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Human rights commission orders employer to pay $40,000 for terminating long-tenured worker with disability, citing ‘injury to dignity’
A worker who was fired after nearly 40 years on the job, who alleged discrimination due to a physical disability, has been awarded $40,000 by the Alberta Human Rights Commission …
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Former social worker at Calgary Board of Education, who alleged age and mental disability discrimination, has complaint dismissed
The Alberta Human Rights Commission has upheld the dismissal of a complaint filed by a former social worker for the Calgary Board of Education (CBE). The worker, PV, alleged that …