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Human rights application alleging disability discrimination dismissed at summary hearing for no reasonable prospect of success.
The applicant filed a human rights application alleging discrimination in employment on the basis of disability against his former employer, Tokmakjian, its manager, and Veolia, the company that took over the transit contract.
The applicant's driver's licence had been suspended for medical reasons (depression) and for speeding.
He alleged he was not rehired or accommodated by Tokmakjian, and that Veolia refused to let him write a test or hire him while his licence was suspended.
Following a summary hearing, the Tribunal dismissed the application against all respondents, finding no reasonable prospect that the applicant could establish a link between the respondents' actions and his disability.
Request to remove individual respondent granted where application contained no factual allegations against her.
The corporate respondent filed a Request for an Order During Proceedings to remove its Senior Human Resources Manager as an individual respondent to an application alleging employment discrimination based on creed.
The applicant did not respond to the request.
The Tribunal granted the request, noting that the application contained no factual allegations against the individual respondent and that the corporate respondent could provide the requested monetary remedy.
