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Employer ordered to pay $7,500 for failing to properly investigate and stop racial workplace harassment.
The complainant, a black francophone man of Haitian origin, alleged that he was repeatedly harassed by co-workers at Westinghouse because of his race, colour, and place of origin.
The co-workers used derogatory language and racial slurs.
The complainant reported the harassment to management, but the employer failed to conduct a proper investigation or take adequate steps to stop the harassment.
The Board of Inquiry found that the complainant was subjected to a course of vexatious comment and conduct based on prohibited grounds, and that the employer's response was grossly inadequate.
The Board ordered the employer to pay $7,500 in damages for mental anguish.
