Jeppesen v. Ancaster (Town)(No. 1)
2000-09-19
BOARD OF INQUIRY (Human Rights Code)
IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c.H.19, as amended;
AND IN THE MATTER OF the complaint by Mark Jeppesen and dated March 3, 1998, alleging discrimination in employment because of handicap.
B E T W E E N :
Ontario Human Rights Commission
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Mark Jeppesen Complainant
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Corporation of the Town of Ancaster Fire and Emergency Services David Guilbault Respondents
Ancaster Professional Fire Fighters' Association Local 2592 IAFF Intervenor
INTERIM DECISION
Adjudicator: Mark Sandler
Date: September 19, 2000
Board File No: BI-0288-99
Decision No: 00-015-I
APPEARANCES
Ontario Human Rights Commission Jennifer Scott, Counsel
Mark Jeppesen Complainant
Corporation of the Town of Ancaster, Fire and Emergency Services and Chief David Guilbault Respondents Lee A. Pinelli, Counsel
Ancaster Professional Firefighters' Association, Local 2592 IAFF Intervenor Kim Buchanan, Counsel
Exhibit 1, the Commission's pleadings in this matter, request a remedy that includes the development of an accommodation policy for the Respondent Corporation. I am satisfied that the Association has a significant interest in what the terms of such an Order might be.
Accordingly, the Association's application for leave to intervene to make oral and written submissions confined to that issue only is granted. The Association will be provided with a copy of my written reasons for decision on the issue of whether the complainant's rights were infringed. Should further proceedings on the issue of remedy be required, the Association will be involved in the scheduling of those proceedings.
Dated at Toronto, this 19th day of September, 2000.
Mark Sandler Member