In A.B. v. C.D., 2022 HRTO 890, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) found that the applicant was a victim of discrimination on the basis of sex and that her work environment was poisoned by repeated acts of discrimination and harassment by the company's owner (Owner), causing her to resign. The HRTO found that because the Owner was a directing mind of the employer, the employer was jointly and severally liable with the Owner for injury to her dignity, feelings and self-respect ($25,000) and for loss of wages ($31,200) caused by her need to resign from a poisoned work environment.
The applicant, a single mother, was employed in various roles from 2007 until her resignation in 2014. Shortly after she commenced employment, the Owner was abusive and discriminatory. He reportedly yelled at her, belittled her, called her names, and disparaged her. Her doctor recommended that she quit. In 2011 she resigned because of the stress, but returned to work later in that same year because she could not find another job.
The Owner's discriminatory behaviour and harassment escalated upon her return. She also witnessed his abusive behaviour to others, heard him using gendered and vulgar language about women, saw him throwing, smashing, and breaking things, watching pornography, and groping women in the workplace. When the applicant's minor daughter visited her at the office, the Owner made vulgar sexual advances toward the daughter. On a day when the Owner was again...
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