Human Rights Archives

Party Revelry Opens Pandora’s Box of Harassment, Defamation and Wrongful Dismissal
April 26, 2011
Sexual harassment continues to be a minefield in the modern workplace. Read about how a law firm practising employment and labour relations law has be Read More...

Labour Ministry Violates Its Employees’ Privacy
April 12, 2011
Privacy is an increasingly complex issue in the contemporary workplace, and violations are certainly not confined to the private sector. Read the late Read More...

Dismissed Application by Human Rights Commission Not Found to be Unauthorized Tribunal Hearing
March 11, 2011
Learn how the Human Rights Commission approves or rejects cases for tribunal hearing.

Salon Employee Terminated, Islamic Headscarf Still a Basis for Human Rights Abuse
February 22, 2011
Mehwish Ali, a 22-year-old esthetician, is seeking help from the Human Rights Legal Support Centre of Toronto (the “Centre”) after claiming she wa Read More...

Terminated Lawyer Sues Toronto-based Law Firm for Sexual Discrimination
February 16, 2011
Jaime Laskis, 34, a Canadian lawyer working in New York, has filed a claim with a U.S. District Court for sexual discrimination by Toronto-based law f Read More...

Court Orders Retrial of Unfair Hearing against Employer Accused of Human Rights Abuse
February 8, 2011
On January 18, 2011, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice overturned a 2009 decision by the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal that found Toronto employer Read More...

Kraft Canada Fails to Resolve Workplace Harassment Complaints
September 3, 2010
On July 20, 2010, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found Kraft Canada to be negligent in dealing with the complaints of a worker who was the repe Read More...

Alleged Workplace Harassment in the RCMP
August 3, 2010
Top RCMP Commissioner, William Elliott, is the latest potential subject of workplace harassment complaints. Almost a dozen top officials in the force Read More...

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