Grievor awarded $98,000 in damages for workplace harassment, discrimination, and failure to accommodate.
The Grievance Settlement Board determined the appropriate remedy for a grievor who suffered harassment, discrimination, and a poisoned workplace based on sexual orientation, as well as the employer's failure to accommodate him.
The Board awarded $45,000 for the human rights breaches at the workplace, $35,000 for the failure to accommodate between 2003 and 2005, and $18,000 for the failure to accommodate between 2008 and 2010.
Claims for loss of spousal relationship, aggravated damages, punitive damages, special damages, and future wage loss were dismissed as too remote or inappropriate.
The Board also ordered the restoration of vacation credits and the inclusion of overtime and premium pay in the grievor's ongoing salary.
