An arbitrator has overturned the dismissal of a crane operator at Sterling Crane in Edmonton who was fired for making a sexist comment in the workplace. Arbitrator Mia Norrie found…
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Opinion/Commentary
Tech-based sexual harassment at work is common, male-dominated and often intended to cause harm
By Asher Flynn, Monash University; Anastasia Powell, RMIT University, and Lisa J. Wheildon, Monash University Sexual harassment is often considered to be a person-to-person act, but new research shows Australians…
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
Former Opa! Souvlaki worker awarded nearly $40,000 for sexual harassment, poisoned work environment
A former worker at Opa! Souvlaki has been awarded nearly $40,000 by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario after it concluded she was subjected to sexual harassment, a poisoned work…
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedSexual Harassment
Arbitrator upholds firing of B.C. professor who filed knowingly false allegations of sexual harassment against colleague
A professor in British Columbia who was fired after knowingly making false allegations of sexual harassment against a female colleague has had his termination upheld by an arbitrator. SN was…
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FeaturedPrivacySexual Harassment
Teaching assistant at TMU entitled to see invoice, but not investigation report into sexual violence complaint: Privacy commissioner
Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) has been ordered to release a financial document to a former teaching assistant it fired, but the majority of records related to a sexual violence complaint…
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FeaturedSexual HarassmentUncategorized
Woman awarded $39,000 after being sexually harassed by family friend during work trip to install solar panels
A 20-year-old woman who was subjected to unwanted physical contact and confessions of romantic feelings from her boss — who was also a friend of the family — during a…
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By Carol Baldwin | Wakaw Recorder A recent Statistics Canada workforce study has found that nearly one in every two women and more than a third of men 15 years and…
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FeaturedSexual HarassmentWorkplace Violence
Record human rights award given to B.C. executive assistant subjected to extreme harassment, abuse and abandoned in Mexico
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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Workplace Legislation/Press Releases
New initiative targets gender-based and sexual harassment in STEM and trade sectors
WomanACT and the Society for Canadian Women in Science & Technology (SCWIST) have joined forces with the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) to tackle gender-based and sexual harassment in STEM and…
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
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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