An executive assistant who was subjected to extreme workplace harassment and abuse at the hands of her boss has been awarded more than $170,000 by the British Columbia Human Rights …
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Human rights complaint involving offensive GIFs, memes at B.C. Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy paused
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has granted a deferral application by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy in a discrimination case filed by a worker who alleged …
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Sex-based discrimination complaint against B.C.’s Ministry of Health tossed by human rights tribunal
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a complaint against the Ministry of Health, ruling that there is no reasonable prospect of success for the allegations of sex-based discriminat… …
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B.C. Human Rights Tribunal accepts late retaliation discrimination complaint against credit union
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has accepted a late-filed retaliation discrimination complaint against Vancouver City Savings Credit Union, brought forward by a former employee, citing the … Free Membership …
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Human rights commission upholds dismissal of discrimination complaint by former VP of sales at Cleantek Industries
The Alberta Human Rights Commission upheld the dismissal of a human rights complaint filed by the former vice-president of global sales at Cleantek Industries, a Calgary-based green tech firm. The …
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CBSA employee granted confidentiality order to shield medical records from man she accused of sexual harassment, assault
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 …