What this employer kept on file mattered more than what the sergeant alleged
A Toronto correctional sergeant has lost his discrimination and reprisal complaint at Ontario's Human Rights Tribunal, which found that management had investigated and disciplined the workplace incidents he raised, with no link to his race or age.
In a decision dated June 4, 2026, adjudicator Lavinia Inbar dismissed the application brought by Anil Purohit, a sergeant at the Toronto South Detention Centre, against the Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General. Purohit, who represented himself, alleged discrimination on the grounds of age, ancestry, colour, ethnic origin, place of origin and race, along with reprisal and a poisoned work environment.
Purohit, who identifies as an East Indian man and was born in 1966, pointed to six areas of his working life, from how management handled clashes with colleagues to post assignments and promotions. The hearing on the merits ran by video conference in March 2026, with the detention centre's superintendent testifying for the employer.
The first dispute involved a correctional officer who reported to Purohit and, according to another sergeant, called him "a goof." Management began looking into it the same day, gathered occurrence reports and access-card records, and the officer was eventually disciplined with a letter and a retraction of 12 hours of pay. Inbar found there was no evidence the word was a racist or ageist slur, so the employer's duty to...
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