Lupo v. York Catholic District School Board, 2014 HRTO 629

HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO

B E T W E E N:

Annamaria Lupo

Applicant

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York Catholic District School Board

Respondent

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Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)

Intervenor

INTERIM DECISION

Adjudicator: Jennifer Scott
Date: May 2, 2014
Citation: 2014 HRTO 629
Indexed as: Lupo v. York Catholic District School Board

WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS

CUPE, Intervenor

Devon Paul, Counsel

1This Application alleges discrimination with respect to employment because of disability contrary to the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended. The applicant works in a unionized workplace and is a member of CUPE, which filed a Request to Intervene (Form 5) on November 7, 2013. The applicant and the respondent have not filed a Response to the Request and the time for so doing has passed.

2The Tribunal has found on numerous occasions that a union nearly always has an interest in an application brought by a member of one of its bargaining units and that, absent exceptional circumstances, will be granted intervention status when it so requests it.

3Accordingly, CUPE is granted leave to intervene. The scope of CUPE’s intervention will be determined by the adjudicator hearing the matter.

4I am not seized.