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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.