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You don’t get two kicks on the same facts says the HRTO

In Almseideen v. McKesson Canada, 2023 HRTO 255, Adjudicator Cherniak had a situation where an applicant had filed a HRTO complaint claiming that he was terminated in breach of the Code and also filed a civil wrongful dismissal action which claimed wrongful dismissal damages due to the the failure to receive proper notice.

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Facebook class action goes ahead

On December 22, 2022, the Quebec Court of Appeal decided to allow a class action to proceed where there was an allegation that Facebook allowed for advertisers to discriminate against Quebec users on the prohibited grounds of age, race and gender in relation to advertising for employment and housing.

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Application dismissed: challenges in the workplace and performance management constitute credible non-discriminatory explanation for termination

In Yan v 30 Forensic Engineering Inc., 2022 HRTO 649, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (the “Tribunal”) dismissed allegations of discrimination and harassment with respect to employment because of race, place of origin, sex, marital status, age, disability, and reprisal, contrary to the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c.H. 19 (the “Code”).

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