The applicant filed a human rights application alleging discrimination in employment on the basis of disability.
The respondent requested early dismissal on the basis that the applicant had signed a Full and Final Release upon termination of her employment.
The applicant argued she signed the release under economic duress and distress following her sister's death, and did not understand she was releasing her human rights claims.
The Tribunal found that the applicant understood she was entering into a severance agreement and that financial pressure alone does not constitute economic duress sufficient to void a release.
The Application was dismissed as an abuse of process.
