Mark Sandler

The corporate respondents brought a motion seeking disclosure of documents and information from the complainants and the Ontario Human Rights Commission, or alternatively, an order striking the complaint.

The Board of Inquiry noted that the hearing on the merits had been bifurcated into liability and remedy phases.

Consequently, the Board ordered disclosure only of documents relating to the liability aspect of the proceedings at this juncture, specifically information concerning the diagnoses of four youths and details regarding the complainants' bankruptcies to establish their entitlement to any potential award.

The complainant, a part-time firefighter with a visual impairment, applied for a full-time position.

He was denied employment because his visual impairment prevented him from obtaining a class F licence, which was required to operate the town's ambulance.

The Board of Inquiry found that the requirement to hold a class F licence was prima facie discriminatory.

The respondents failed to establish that the requirement was a bona fide occupational requirement, as they did not properly consider whether the complainant could be accommodated by performing firefighting duties only, without undue hardship.

The Board concluded that the respondents discriminated against the complainant on the basis of disability.

The Ancaster Professional Firefighters' Association sought leave to intervene in a human rights complaint alleging discrimination in employment because of handicap.

The Commission requested a remedy that included the development of an accommodation policy for the respondent.

The adjudicator granted the Association leave to intervene to make oral and written submissions confined to the issue of the accommodation policy, recognizing its significant interest in the terms of such an order.

In a human rights complaint alleging discrimination in employment because of handicap, the complainant sought a remedy that included the development of an accommodation policy for the respondent.

The adjudicator granted the firefighters' association leave to intervene to make submissions confined to the issue of the accommodation policy, recognizing its significant interest in the terms of such an order.