Aida Gatfield

The respondents requested that all personal respondents be removed as parties to the human rights application alleging employment discrimination based on disability.

The applicant did not object to the request.

Applying the factors from Persaud v. Toronto District School Board, the Tribunal found that the corporate respondent was alleged to be liable for the same conduct, there was no issue regarding its ability to respond or remedy the alleged infringement, and no compelling reason existed to continue the proceeding against the individuals.

The Tribunal ordered the personal respondents removed as parties.

The applicant failed to attend the scheduled hearing of their human rights application.

The respondent attended and brought a motion to dismiss the application as deemed abandoned.

After confirming the applicant had not contacted the Tribunal to explain their absence, the adjudicator granted the motion and dismissed the application.