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Posts tagged intentional infliction of mental suffering

Employer Rehires Supervisor Who Sexually Assaulted Employee

An Ontario employee was ordered to pay her former employer's legal fees after she made a "substantially unsuccessful" bid to sue her employer following its decision to rehire "her abuser," a former supervisor fired ten years earlier amidst sexual harassment complaints.

UncategorizedBen HahnApril 2, 2019Benjamin J. Hahn, Ontario Employment and Civil Litigation LawyerContracts, Employment, Fired, Law, Ontario, intentional infliction of mental suffering, Constructive Dismissal, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Bad Faith Conduct, Moral Damages, Legal Costs, Sexual Harassment

ONCA: "No Compelling Reason" to Recognize Harassment as Free-Standing Claim in Ontario

The Court of Appeal for Ontario has declined to recognize "harassment" as a free-standing basis to sue in Ontario.

UncategorizedBen HahnMarch 29, 2019Benjamin J. Hahn, Ontario Employment and Civil Litigation LawyerContracts, Employment, Fired, Law, Ontario, harassment, intentional infliction of mental suffering, Occuptational Health and Safety, Human Rights, Common Law, Torts, Cause of Action