Terminating a disabled employee can be a costly decision
A recent decision from the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal serves as a reminder that employers should tread carefully when dealing with employees suffering from disabilities.
A recent decision from the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal serves as a reminder that employers should tread carefully when dealing with employees suffering from disabilities.
After her first few shifts as a customer service representative with Money Mart in Toronto, Marjorie Harriott noticed that her boss, Desmond Wade, liked women a bit too much.
In an interesting case coming out of the New Zealand courts, a senior Pilot for Air Nelson, a subsidiary of Air New Zealand is pitted against a former flight attendant.
After a month of speculation, it appears that the salacious details of the supposed affair between Lisa Rundle, the former director of Rights and Contracts at Penguin Canada, and the former president of Penguin Canada, David Davidar, are destined to remain a mystery.
What happens when an employee is assaulted by a supervisor? As an Ontario court just ruled, when push comes to shove, the employer may also be responsible. Bell Mobility’s failure to investigate the case below compounded its own liability.
Can hating your job be a human rights issue? It depends. In certain circumstances, an employee who hates working, and the way they are being managed, could raise human rights issues in the workplace.
Janet Williamson, a health care worker at the Ritz Lutheran Villa, a retirement home in Mitchell, Ontario, was summoned to a meeting and told that if she took her vacation as planned, she would lose her job.
An article by Michele Henry published in the Toronto Star on June 21, 2010, discusses the case of a young black woman who was sexually harassed and was the object of racial taunts at work.
Reading last week’s headlines about the case of Debrahlee Lorenzana, the New York banker claiming she was fired because her good looks distracted her male colleagues, raised an alarm as …
By Cédric P. Lamarche Puisque l’internet permet l’accès à un monde électronique sans frontière, la majorité des employeurs adoptent des règles très rigides en ce qui a trait à la …