'UNWILLINGLY RESIGN': Ex-reporter with twins wins human rights case against Napanee paper
The tribunal awarded the 32-year-old mother roughly $12,485 for lost wages, plus $10,000 compensation for "injury to her dignity, feelings and self-respect"
Author of the article: Jenny Yuen
Publishing date: Feb 18, 2021 • February 18, 2021 • 4 minute read •
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has decided the Napanee Beaver did not provide adequate accommodation for Ashley Espinoza, pictured with her twin girls, then a reporter who had trouble seeking childcare before returning to work full-time in 2017. Photo by SUPPLIED
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A Napanee community newspaper breached its duty to accommodate one of its journalists who was unable to find daycare space for her one-year-old twins, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has found.