An Ontario woman has been awarded $50,000 after being subjected to sexualized comments and harassment in her workplace, and her home, by a co-worker. The woman, AN, filed the complaint …
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Employer LiabilityFeaturedSexual Harassment
Plaintiff in $10 million sex abuse class-action lawsuit against Royal Winnipeg Ballet awarded $7,500 honorarium
A former student at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet has been awarded $7,500 as an honorarium for being the representative plaintiff in a sexual abuse class-action lawsuit that was settled for …
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Opinion/CommentaryThe Conversation
Why a judicial inquiry into athlete abuse is not the right approach
By Peter Donnelly, University of Toronto and Bruce Kidd, University of Toronto It is heartening to see the recent open letter signed by so many Canadian academics calling on the …
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FeaturedMental HealthSexual Harassment
Canadian Forces soldier awarded benefits following off-duty assault, tribunal cites military’s ‘sexualized environment’
A Canadian Forces member who was sexually assaulted at an officer’s home at the end of her basic training has been awarded disability benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder. The award …
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Top stories from HR Law Canada this week include: Woman awarded $50,000 in damages by tribunal after being touched on breast during business trip Companies are increasingly tracking eye movements …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
Woman awarded $50,000 in damages by tribunal after being touched on breast during business trip
An Alberta woman was awarded $50,000 in damages for injury to dignity after a tribunal ruled she had been touched on her breast and hip by her boss on a …