Groupe d'aide et d'information sur le harcèlement sexuel au travail de la province de Québec Inc. v. Barbe

Groupe d'aide et d'information sur le harcèlement sexuel au travail de la province de Québec Inc. v. Barbe

Tribunal found respondent committed harassment based on sex, race and national/ethnic origin; conduct was unwelcome and, taken together (including a racially humiliating weeklong masquerade), created a hostile work environment. Lost wages were too remote from respondent's conduct and not awarded. Complainant...

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Citation
2003 CHRT 24
Parties
Complainant: Groupe d'aide et d'information sur le harcèlement sexuel au travail de la province de Québec Inc.; Complainant: Mireille Des Rosiers; Respondent: Jean Barbe
Court
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Jurisdiction
Canada
Judgment Date
27 June 2003
Procedural Posture
Canadian Human Rights Act Harassment Complaint / Tribunal Hearing and Decision (final)
Outcome
Complaint partly successful: harassment proven on grounds of sex, race and national/ethnic origin; remedies awarded in part, lost wages denied.
Legal Topics
Sexual Harassment, Racial Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Remedies, Causation and Foreseeability, Jurisdiction to Order Apologies and Donations
Source Language
english
Human Rights Employment Law Discrimination Administrative Law Sexual Harassment Racial Discrimination Hostile Work Environment Remedies +2 more

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Parties

Groupe d'aide et d'information sur le harcèlement sexuel au travail de la province de Québec Inc.

Complainant

Mireille Des Rosiers

Complainant

Jean Barbe

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Canadian Human Rights Act Harassment Complaint / Tribunal Hearing and Decision (final)

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the respondent's conduct was related to sex, race or national/ethnic origin
  2. 2 Whether the conduct was unwelcome
  3. 3 Whether the conduct was sufficiently serious to create a hostile work environment

Ratio Decidendi

Tribunal found respondent committed harassment based on sex, race and national/ethnic origin; conduct was unwelcome and, taken together (including a racially humiliating weeklong masquerade), created a hostile work environment. Lost wages were too remote from respondent's conduct and not awarded. Complainant entitled to reimbursement of documented related psychological expenses and to non-pecuniary damages subject to the pre-amendment s.53 cap; Tribunal ordered attendance at human rights sensitization training and retained jurisdiction for implementation.

Court Disposition

Complaint partly successful: harassment proven on grounds of sex, race and national/ethnic origin; remedies awarded in part, lost wages denied.

Orders

  • Respondent to pay CDA$1515.00 to Mireille Des Rosiers for psychologist fees (expenses) with simple interest at the Bank Rate from March 8, 1999 until payment
  • Respondent to pay CDA$5000.00 to Mireille Des Rosiers for non-pecuniary damages (pre-amendment s.53(3) maximum); no interest payable on this sum