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The impact of Black Lives Matter on
employment-related human rights
claims PG. 4
Social movements are putting employers
under pressure to make sure they're equipped
to handle workplace human rights issues
A WORKER'S dispute over a shift change had more
to do with his pay and seniority than his family
status, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has
found.
Ryan McClean worked for Dare Foods, a food
manufacturer based in Cambridge, Ont. Hired
in January 2006, McClean worked shifts that ran
from either 2:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. or 2 p.m. to 10
p.m. Monday to Friday.
In September 2015, McClean took critical ill
child-care leave and parental leave after his daugh
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ter was born. While on parental leave, his supervi-
sor asked him if he wanted to work a weekend shift
schedule that was going to be created once he re-
turned. This schedule entailed working two shifts
totalling 24 hours at time and one-half.
McClean agreed to work the weekend shift when
he returned on Sept. 2, 2016. Although the change
resulted in a pay cut — at the time-and-one-half
rate, it would be the equivalent of being paid for
36 hours per week as opposed to the 40 hours per
week he worked before going on leave — McClean
would save on daycare costs for his daughter be
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AN ONTARIO car dealership must pay a
former employee almost $60,000 after it
discriminated against her by mishandling
her sexual harassment complaint against a
manager.
The worker joined Cooksville Hyundai, a
car dealership in Mississauga, Ont., in Novem
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ber 2015 as a parts delivery driver. Her job en-
tailed loading automotive parts into a vehicle
each morning and delivering them to various
dealerships in the area.
On March 26, 2016, the worker's boss —
who was the manager of Cooksville's parts and
service department —invited her to his hotel
room for some drinks and to talk about some
personal problems he was having. They had
several alcoholic drinks over the course of the
November 4, 2020
B.C. worker's sex harassment
complaint has bite PG. 3
Worker repeatedly told boss to
stop touching her; worker
suffered adverse treatment and
termination because of her sex
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Shift change request not
an accommodation request
Worker had to pay more for child care, but issues he raised
with employer related to pay and junior co-workers getting more hours
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Ontario car dealership
owes harassed worker $60,000
Company adopted 'he said/she said' approach and didn't dig into sexual
harassment allegations against manager
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
