Migrant worker awarded $23,500 after being called a racial slur and terminated in reprisal.
The applicant, a migrant worker from St. Lucia employed under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program, alleged discrimination and reprisal by his employer.
He claimed that an owner and a supervisor referred to him and his co-workers as 'monkeys' and that he was terminated and repatriated after complaining about the racial slurs.
The respondents alleged he was terminated for a propensity for violence following an altercation.
The Tribunal preferred the applicant's evidence, finding that the racial slurs were made and that the termination was a direct reprisal for his human rights complaint.
The Tribunal awarded $5,500 for lost wages and $18,000 for injury to dignity, feelings, and self-respect, and ordered the employer to implement a human rights policy and undergo training.
Monrose v. Double Diamond Acres Limited, 2013 HRTO 1273
