The Complainant was employed by the Respondent at the Whitehorse Correctional Facility. The Complainant is a First Nation person of Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in ancestry. In 1998, the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Han Nation was engaged in their final land selections under the Yukon land claim negotiation process. Since the Complainant was the eldest family member, he felt an…
**Note: The listed provisions of the Yukon Human Rights Act (“the Act”) do not reflect the current legislation. Company T operated as a convenience store. Mr. B was the secretary of the corporation and the manager of the daily business operations. Mr. S was a contractor with Company T. He was responsible for minor repairs…
**Note: This lists the remedies ordered in a case pertaining sexual harassment in the workplace. The Yukon Human Rights Board of Adjudication (“the Board”) ordered the Respondents to complete the following actions: Pay the Complainant $15,047.96 in damages. For a period of three years, report to the Yukon Human Rights Commission the name, address and…
**Note: The listed provisions of the Yukon Human Rights Act (“the Act”) do not reflect the current legislation. The Complainant was employed by the Respondent. He alleged that during his employment, he was subject to harassment due to his First Nations ancestry. He alleged that he received many direct discriminatory comments. He also alleged that…
**Note: The listed provisions of the Yukon Human Rights Act (“the Act”) do not reflect the current legislation. The Complainant submitted a discrimination complaint to the Yukon Human Rights Commission (“the Commission”), alleging that when employed by the Respondent company, she was subject to comments of a sexual nature by Mr. F, who was a…
**Note: The listed provisions of the Yukon Human Rights Act (“the Act”) do not reflect the current legislation. Following the Board’s decision on McConnell v YTG, the Complainant wrote the Yukon Human Rights Board of Adjudication (“the Board”) asking it to consider the following outstanding matters: Whether the Board had the power to reconvene after…
**Note: The listed provisions of the Yukon Human Rights Act (“the Act”) do not reflect the current legislation. The Complainant was employed by the Government of Yukon (“the Respondent”). Several years into her employment, she was diagnosed with depression resulting in long term disability. As a result, the Complainant request and was granted a two-year…
**Note: The listed provisions of the Yukon Human Rights Act (“the Act”) do not reflect the current legislation. The Complainant alleged that she was denied employment as a cashier at a store owned and operated by the Respondent Company as a result of her physical disability. She had a back injury. She alleged that this…
**Note: The listed provisions of the Yukon Human Rights Act (“the Act”) do not reflect the current legislation. The Supreme Court of Yukon’s (“Supreme Court”) decision pertaining Gould v Yukon Order of Pioneers, Dawson Lodge#1 and Groner, and Yukon Status of Women Council was appealed to the Court of Appeal (“the Court”). The Court rejected…
**Note: The listed provisions of the Yukon Human Rights Act (“the Act”) do not reflect the current legislation. The Complainant was an employee of the Government of Yukon and a member of the Yukon Government Employee’s Union (“the Union”). During this time, he divorced from his wife. The couple were granted joint “guardianship” of the…