Harassment

Barb Pacholik – February 15, 2012

A career civil servant, who was once responsible for provincial harassment investigations in Saskatchewan, alleges he was forced from his job as a director at a Regina youth facility after blowing the whistle on harassing behaviour.

The provincial government says not so - and contends he was treated fairly. The dispute is outlined in a lawsuit and corresponding statement of defence filed recently with Regina Court of Queen's Bench.

February 7, 2012

The Federal Court of Appeal is deliberating the case of an ex-federal public service manager, who is appealing a decision of the Public Service Labour Relations Board.

Zabia Chamberlain affirms having ben sexually harassed by her supervisor when she occupied an executive position at the Human Resources department between Fall 2007 and Spring 2008.

Chris Cobb – January 17, 2012

The Privy Council Office says it won't act on a report it commissioned into the troubled Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT).

The Ottawa Citizen has learned that the Privy Council received its report from Ottawa consultant Stephen Gaon in June last year and on Dec. 2 issued a statement to the three public service unions involved in complaints against the tribunal and its chairwoman, Shirish Chotalia.

Chris Cobb – January 9, 2012

An independent labour investigator has upheld harassment complaints against the head of Canada’s premier human rights adjudication agency, the Citizen has learned.

The rulings that Shirish Chotalia, the Conservative-appointed chairwoman of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, harassed two subordinates and engaged in “baffling, if not bizarre” behaviour is the latest twist in a series of upheavals since the Edmonton lawyer took charge of the agency on Sept. 9, 2009.