Jones v. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario, 2015 HRTO 994

Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario

B E T W E E N:

Clare Jones

Applicant

-and-

Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario and Lui Tassone

Respondents

DECISION

Adjudicator: Laurie Letheren Date: July 24, 2015 Citation: 2015 HRTO 994 Indexed as: Jones v. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario

APPEARANCES

Clare Lynn Jones, Applicant

No one appearing

Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario and Lui Tassone, Respondents

Greg Bullen, Counsel

INTRODUCTION

1This Application alleges discrimination with respect to services and employment because of disability contrary to the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended.

2On March 30, 2015, the Tribunal issued a Case Assessment Direction advising the parties that a summary hearing would be scheduled in this matter.

3On May 5, 2015, Notice of Summary Hearing (“the Notice”) was delivered to the parties by the Tribunal advising that the summary hearing would take place by teleconference call on July 15, 2015.

4The Notice advised the applicant that if she did not attend the summary hearing, his Application could be dismissed as abandoned.

5The respondent attended the summary hearing on July 15, 2015 but the applicant did not attend, despite the Tribunal waiting half an hour after the scheduled start time for the hearing. The applicant did not communicate with the Tribunal to explain the failure to attend. There is no indication that the Notice was returned as not delivered to the applicant.

6I am satisfied the applicant received timely and proper notice of the summary hearing. In the absence of the applicant or any explanation for her failure to attend, I dismiss this Application as abandoned.

ORDER

7The Application is dismissed.