Dirie v. Wal-Mart Canada, 2010 HRTO 1528

1Both applicants and the corporate respondent participated in a joint mediation on July 12, 2010. At the mediation all parties requested that the two Applications be heard together given that the applicants’ allegations arise out of the same employment situation and involve the same respondents.

2The Tribunal has the jurisdiction to consolidate or hear two or more Applications together. This is expressly allowed for under Rule 1.7(d) of the applicable Tribunal Rules of Procedure. I have decided that it would be fair, just and expeditious to hear these two Applications together given the facts and issues common to both Applications and the parties’ expressed interest in proceeding in this manner.

3I am not seized of this matter.