‘Even if you conduct an investigation and you find out there's nothing to it, you still have to look into it’
An employer and a supervisor are jointly and severally liable for the supervisor’s sexual harassment and retaliatory firing of a worker, to the tune of nearly $50,000 in damages.
The worker was hired as a sales floor associate by a Toronto Canadian Tire franchise operated by Timothy J. Tallon Sales, on Oct. 17, 2017.
According to the worker, almost as soon as she started work, her supervisor started sexually harassing her through actions such as ogling her buttocks and breasts, making “gross” faces at her, talking about her breasts, making lewd gestures at her, and asking inappropriate questions about her personal life. This made the worker uncomfortable and she asked him to stop, but the behaviour continued.
The supervisor also asked the worker several times to go out on dates with him, but she refused.
On one occasion, the worker was near the store’s skate-sharpening counter with a customer. The supervisor discussed shaving pubic areas and both the worker and the customer were embarrassed. She asked him again to stop making such comments.
The supervisor also tried to convince the worker to go out with other men, making comments about her having sex with them. He suggested she go out with another employee and when the worker said she didn’t want to date a co-worker, he made a lewd comment.
The supervisor also sent sexually suggestive photos and texts to the...
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