Shocking communications with a job applicant cost employer $8,000 in damages
When an employer denied a job candidate’s application with a text message saying, “I don’t hire foreners I keep the white man working” (his spelling not mine!), the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal had no trouble finding that the job applicant experienced di
Violation of last chance agreement v. duty to accommodate
A Manitoba arbitrator decided that an employee with a valid disability should be reinstated after being terminated for violating a last chance agreement twice.
Demotion of employee is a constructive dismissal
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has found that a long-term employee of a railway company was indeed constructively dismissed when he was demoted instantly to a position with lesser pay and fewer responsibilities.
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