The applicant filed a human rights application alleging discrimination and reprisal in employment on the basis of place of origin, ethnic origin, and age.
The applicant also had an outstanding duty of fair representation complaint before the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) involving similar facts and allegations against the union.
The Tribunal considered whether to defer the application pending the OLRB proceeding.
Given the advanced stage of the OLRB matter, the factual similarity, and the applicant's request to add the union as a respondent, the Tribunal ordered the deferral of the application to avoid concurrent proceedings and inconsistent decisions.
