Federal Policy Manual

Home › Index of Contents › Harassment › Policy Manual in Compliance with Canada Labour Code Amendments as of January 1, 2021 Policy Manual in Compliance with Canada Labour Code

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Compensatory Awards – Quebec

Quebec An award of $5,000 was made to a woman whose manager confided to her repeatedly about his personal life, encouraged her to leave her spouse, made unwelcome comments of

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Proposed Class Action

  The recent decision[1] of Baltman J. in Rivers v Waterloo Region has denied certification to a proposed claim involving, in part, a plea for sexual harassment, more precisely the

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Other Remedies

As is the case with all human rights remedies, there are possible claims for lost income, reinstatement and future lost income. These are reviewed in detail in Employment Law Human

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Western Canada Summaries – BC

Home › Index of Contents › Harassment ›Damages: Sexual Harassment: Summary Chart Format: British Columbia Damages: Sexual Harassment: Summary Chart Format: British Columbia Case Tribunal Year Facts Summary Compensatory and

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Duty to Investigate

This issue is reviewed in detail here. The law on employer liability for failure to investigate a human rights complaint appears controversial at the moment as to whether this gives

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Poisoned Workplace

Poisoned Work Environment – The Failure to Prevent Harassment The employer takes on direct liability, given a finding of a poisoned workplace. This includes Ontario. A poisoned work environment is

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Sexual Reprisal

  As noted, there is a distinct difference between “general reprisal” and “sexual reprisal”. General reprisal is reviewed in detail here. A fundamental difference in Ontario is that the employer

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