In Yaschuk v Emerson Electric, 2022 AHRC 62, an employee was awarded $50k for the pain and suffering sexual harassment at work caused her.
A female employee was who sexually harassed at a construction site was awarded $20,000 in general damages for pain and suffering.
ABQB said the trial judge analysis should have started with a finding that sexual assault is always at the higher end of the spectrum of sexual harassment.
A pipefitter with a shoulder injury was harassed at work and then fired. He was awarded $25k in general damages plus lost wages.
Dupont v Ag Growth International, 2021 ABPC 118 is a new Alberta case about what level of sexual harassment is just cause for dismissal.
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