Ontario board shuts down worker who filed 15 claims, threatened lawyers
A former Red Lobster employee who reported his then‑girlfriend’s workplace sexual harassment has been declared a vexatious litigant after engaging in threatening behaviour, sending inappropriate images to opposing counsel, and submitting AI‑generated material in support of his claims.
Vice‑chair Peigi Ross of the Ontario Labour Relations Board dismissed five applications and stayed seven others filed by Kevin Huggins against Red Lobster and his union, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1006A, on the basis of abuse of process and findings that he had conducted proceedings in a vexatious manner.
Huggins filed complaints in July 2024 that his then‑girlfriend was being sexually harassed by the Burlington, Ont. Red Lobster store manager; the first complaint was filed with UFCW on July 6, 2024 and the second with Red Lobster on July 7, 2024. Red Lobster investigated his complaint and found it to be substantiated, and the manager’s employment was terminated as a result.
But Huggins alleged that he was unlawfully reprised against when he was removed from the shift schedule around June 2, 2025 and then terminated from his employment on Sept. 18, 2025, which he claims constituted unlawful reprisal under section 50 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
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