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Employer Held Vicariously Liable for Employee’s Foul Mouth
An Ontario employer was vicariously liable for its male employee’s discriminatory conduct toward his female colleague and was ordered to pay damages for injury to the female employee’s injury to dignity, feelings, and self-respect.
Employers Beware: Revisions to Hiring Policies May Be Needed
In the recent decision of Imperial Oil Limited v Haseeb, 2023 ONCA 364, the Ontario Court of Appeal restored the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal decision which found that Imperial Oil had discriminated against Muhammad Haseeb (“Haseeb”) by requiring proof of Canadian Citizenship/Permanent Residency as a condition of employment.