Employee awarded $50,000 in general damages for discrimination and retaliation after employer made demeaning comments, fired her, and made an unfounded complaint to her licensing body

The Alberta Human Rights Tribunal awarded lost wages and $30,000 in general damages to a female mechanic who was chastised and criticized at work in relation to both her disabilities and gender, and then dismissed while on leave, holding that the employer’s actions created a poisoned work environment and that her gender and disabilities were factors in her dismissal. The Tribunal also found that the employer later retaliated against the complainant for filing a human rights complaint by attempting to have her professional licence cancelled, contrary to the Human Rights Act, warranting an additional $20,000 in general damages.