Hailu v. Hudson's Bay Company, 2008 HRTO 360

HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO

B E T W E E N:

Yoseph Hailu

Applicant

-and-

Hudson’s Bay Company and Jay Bradford

Respondents

AND B E T W E E N:

Binyam Hailu

Applicant

-and-

Hudson’s Bay Company and Jay Bradford

Respondents

AND B E T W E E N:

Yodit Alemu

Applicant

-and-

Hudson’s Bay Company and Jay Bradford

Respondents

INTERIM DECISION

Adjudicator: Kaye Joachim

Date: December 4, 2008

Citation: 2008 HRTO 360

Indexed as: Hailu v. Hudson’s Bay Company

1These are three Applications filed September 31, 2008 under section 53(3) of Part VI of the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended (the “Code”). The respondents have not yet filed their Reponses (Form B) which are due 35 days after they received the Application.

2The Tribunal’s Rules for applications under section 53(3) of the Code are to be interpreted and applied in a way that ensures a fair, just and highly expeditious process for the determination of these applications.

3These Applications, involve similar parties, facts and appear to raise similar legal issues. Accordingly, I find, pursuant to Rules 1.1, 4.1 and 4.3 (m), that in order to ensure a fair, just and highly expeditious process for their resolution, these Applications should proceed together for the purposes of mediation.

4In order to assist in scheduling the mediation expeditiously, all parties are requested to provide, within 10 days from the date of this decision, a list of available dates for mediation in March 2009.

5I am not seized of these matters.