The complainant, a bartender with an anxiety disorder, alleged that her manager harassed and discriminated against her on the basis of her disability, ultimately forcing her to resign.
The respondents did not participate in the written hearing.
The Tribunal found that the manager's public comments about her mental health, fabrication of reasons for her absences, and reduction of her shifts constituted discrimination and harassment under the Human Rights Code.
The Tribunal awarded $15,000 in general damages but denied the claim for special damages due to insufficient medical evidence linking her ongoing inability to work to the discrimination.
The corporate respondent was also ordered to post a notice regarding human rights in the workplace.