HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO
B E T W E E N:
Anahid Kerkezian
Applicant
-and-
Donway Place Retirement Home, Anne Gro-Arboine, and Vernet Malcom
Respondents
DECISION
Adjudicator: Alan G. Smith
Indexed as: Kerkezian v. Donway Place Retirement Home
APPEARANCES
Anahid Kerkezian, Applicant
Self- represented
Donway Place Retirement Home, Anne Gro-Arboine, and Vernet Malcom, Respondents
Erin Porter, Counsel
Service Employees International Union
Jesse Kugler, Counsel
BACKGROUND
1The applicant filed an Application with the Tribunal on November 17, 2010, pursuant to section 34 of the Ontario Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended (the "Code”), alleging discrimination in employment.
2In response to a Notice of Intent to Defer issued by the Tribunal, the representative of the respondents filed submissions on March 3, 2011 in favour of deferral. The corporate respondent advised that a number of grievances had been filed by the applicant that were still outstanding, including one on April 4, 2010 and a second on December 13, 2010.
3On March 8, 2011, the Tribunal Released an Interim Decision, 2011 HRTO 468, deferring the Application pending the outcome of the ongoing workplace grievance-arbitration process.
4On October 17, 2011, the Tribunal received a Request for an Order During Proceedings from the applicant