Supervisor punching employee in the genitals costs employer $285,000
In Osmani v. Universal Structural Restorations Ltd., 2022 ONSC 6979 Justice Di Luca , after a 12 day trial, awarded huge damages to a general labourer with only 14 months service.
Wal-Mart employee awarded $250,000 in moral damages and $500,000 in punitive damages
Wal-Mart was found to have breached its duty as it was trying to find a new position for Ms. Galea. I don’t know if this case will turn out to be an outlier, but in the meantime employers should be very careful when dealing with an employee who is between jobs within the organization.
Talking damages: Put your money where your mouth is
When it comes to human rights cases, awards for general damages are often less than $10,000, even though the $10,000 cap on general damages was removed almost a decade ago.
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