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Are You Entitled to Damages if You are Harassed at Work?

by Doug MacLeod | Mar 17, 2017 | For Employees

Are You Entitled to Damages if You are Harassed at Work? The short answer is in some cases yes. Damages under the Ontario Human Rights Code You can obtain damages if you have been harassed because of your race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin,...

Can You Get Damages For Being Harassed at Work?

by Doug MacLeod | Mar 7, 2017 | For Employees

Can You Get Damages For Being Harassed at Work? Ontario’s Occupational Health & Safety Act outlaws workplace harassment but an employee cannot collect damages for being harassed at work under this law. In a recent case, an Ontario judge awarded an employee damages...

Why Asking Your Employee to go Clubbing Could Cost You

by Nicole Simes | Jan 26, 2017 | For Employees

Why Asking Your Employee to go Clubbing Could Cost You I hope by now you know that sexual harassment at work is against the law. If not, please see here and here. Despite this, sexual harassment is still pervasive in our workplaces. Where managers and employers often...

Damages for Reprisal under Occupational Health and Safety Act

by Nadia Halum | Jan 20, 2017 | For Employers

Damages for Reprisal under Occupational Health and Safety Act It should be common knowledge that changes were made to the Occupational Health and Safety Act (“the OHSA”) that have been in effect since September 8, 2016 (and if it’s not common knowledge, you haven’t...

Will the WSIB Finally Allow Mental Stress Claims?

by Nicole Simes | Dec 12, 2016 | For Employees

Will the WSIB Finally Allow Mental Stress Claims? Many employees who are injured or become ill because of their job may claim for benefits from the Worker’s Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). If the claim is successful, WSIB benefits may include compensation for lost...

When Rights Conflict: Religious Belief vs. Equality

by Nicole Simes | Nov 1, 2016 | For Employees

When Rights Conflict: Religious Belief vs. Equality The Toronto Star recently reported that a Toronto Police Service Chaplin stated online that “a woman should be ‘obedient’ to her husband at all times and must not refrain from intimacy without a ‘valid excuse.’” Once...

Sexual Harassment Found Even Though No Criminal Charges

by Nicole Simes | Aug 26, 2016 | For Employees

Sexual Harassment Found Even Though No Criminal Charges As we have previously reported, employees may recover substantial damages from sexual harassment in the workplace. In a recent decision, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (“the Tribunal”) awarded damages to an...

Investigating Workplace Harassment Complaints: Get Ready for Changes to the OHSA

by Doug MacLeod | Jul 26, 2016 | For Employers

Investigating Workplace Harassment Complaints: Get Ready for Changes to the OHSA “Bob is harassing me.” Your spidey senses should be tingling. Because some kind of investigation should be taking place soon. If not, consider what happened when an employee at CBC...

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Are You Entitled to Damages if You are Harassed at Work?

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Why Asking Your Employee to go Clubbing Could Cost You

Damages for Reprisal under Occupational Health and Safety Act

Will the WSIB Finally Allow Mental Stress Claims?

When Rights Conflict: Religious Belief vs. Equality

Sexual Harassment Found Even Though No Criminal Charges

Investigating Workplace Harassment Complaints: Get Ready for Changes to the OHSA

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