The Ontario Court of Appeal in Doyle v. Zochem Inc. affirmed a Superior Court of Justice decision to award $60,000 in moral damages plus $25,000 for human rights violations on top of notice to a woman who endured sexual harassment on the job, and was fired when she complained.
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Stacey Walker, a 28-year old medical imaging technologist, claims that she was the object of sexual harassment, racial taunts and other abuses from Se Read More...
A former employee has filed a $523,000 claim with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice for wrongful dismissal and personal damages.
On December 15, 2009 the Government of Ontario gave Royal Assent to Bill 168, entitled An Act to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act with res Read More...
The Ontario Government has proposed Bill 168 which, if passed, will require employers to fulfill many new responsibilities with respect to preventing Read More...