Tribunal orders applicant to produce financial, vehicle, and medical records arguably relevant to disability and mitigation.
The applicant filed a human rights application alleging failure to accommodate a disability and reprisal.
In advance of the hearing, the parties disputed the production of certain documents.
The applicant objected to the respondents' late production of surveillance footage and investigator reports, which the Tribunal deferred to the hearing.
The respondents requested production of the applicant's financial records, vehicle documents, and medical records.
The Tribunal ordered the applicant to produce these documents, finding them arguably relevant to the issues of economic loss, mitigation, and the extent of the applicant's disability.
Human rights application alleging sex discrimination dismissed at summary hearing for lack of evidence.
The applicant filed a human rights application alleging discrimination in employment on the basis of sex, claiming he was terminated because he was a male manager managing a largely female workforce.
The Tribunal held a summary hearing to determine if the application had a reasonable prospect of success.
The Tribunal found that the applicant provided no evidence linking his termination or the respondents' alleged lack of support to his sex, and that his claims were mere speculation.
The application was dismissed for having no reasonable prospect of success.
Human rights application further deferred pending the outcome of the applicant's judicial review of an arbitration award.
The applicant filed a human rights application alleging discrimination in employment on the basis of disability.
The Tribunal previously deferred the application pending a grievance arbitration.
After the arbitrator upheld the applicant's termination, the respondents sought to dismiss the application under s. 45.1 of the Human Rights Code.
However, the applicant initiated an application for judicial review of the arbitration award.
The Tribunal granted the union intervenor status and decided to further defer the human rights application until the judicial review proceedings are finalized, noting that the grievance proceedings are not final while a judicial review is pending.
Human rights application deferred pending concurrent grievance; individual respondents removed as corporate respondent accepted liability.
The applicant filed an application alleging discrimination in employment against her employer and two individual respondents.
The respondents requested to defer the application pending the resolution of concurrent grievance proceedings and to remove the individual respondents as parties.
The Tribunal granted the deferral, noting the significant overlap of facts and issues with the grievance.
The Tribunal also removed the individual respondents, finding no compelling reason to continue against them since the corporate respondent accepted liability for their actions and no prejudice would result to the applicant.
Human rights application deferred pending completion of concurrent union grievance raising identical accommodation issues.
The applicant filed an application alleging discrimination on the basis of sex and family status for the respondent's failure to accommodate her need to breastfeed.
The applicant had also filed a grievance raising the same issues.
The Tribunal issued a Notice of Intent to Defer, to which the applicant did not respond.
The Tribunal deferred the application pending the completion of the grievance process, as the grievance arbitrator has the authority to decide human rights claims.
Human rights application deferred pending completion of concurrent union grievance process.
The applicant filed a human rights application alleging discrimination in employment on the basis of disability, challenging his suspension and dismissal.
The applicant's union concurrently filed a grievance regarding the same dismissal, which was referred to arbitration.
The Tribunal issued a Notice of Intent to Defer, to which only the respondent replied, supporting deferral.
Finding that the grievance and the application involved the same facts and human rights issues, the Tribunal deferred the application pending the completion of the grievance process.
Human rights application alleging discrimination based on pending criminal charges dismissed for abandonment.
The applicant filed a human rights application alleging discrimination in employment based on a record of offences, specifically pending criminal charges.
The Tribunal issued a Notice of Intent to Dismiss because pending charges do not fall within the Code's definition of 'record of offences'.
The applicant failed to respond to the Notice.
The Tribunal deemed the application abandoned and dismissed it.