Disability complaint moves beyond the corporation to a named director
The Human Rights Tribunal of Alberta ruled on February 11, 2026, that a company director can be personally named in a workplace human rights complaint even after the corporation has been dissolved. Commission Member Jessica Gill added Muhammad Basit, a director and one of two shareholders owning 50 per cent of the voting shares of the now-dissolved Etoileskin Medical Aesthetics and Laser Clinic Ltd., as a personal respondent in a physical disability discrimination complaint filed by Shaniece Porter. The Tribunal also denied the respondent's separate request to refer a question of law to the Alberta Court of King's Bench.
Porter alleged that Etoileskin discriminated against her in the area of employment on the protected ground of physical disability, contrary to section 7 of the Alberta Human Rights Act. The corporation was dissolved in May 2022.
The Director of the Alberta Human Rights Commission and Porter jointly applied to add Basit as a personal respondent. The Director alleged that Basit was a decision-maker with respect to the accommodations provided to the complainant.
The Director noted that, given the corporation was dissolved, Basit should be added so that Porter would have an enforceable remedy if successful.
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