Posted: Apr 19, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: April 19
Samantha Chapman says she contacted the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission to ask about filing a sexual harassment complaint but was turned away because of the 12-month limit.(Dave Laughlin/CBC)
A second woman who says she was sexually harassed while working at a Halifax-area recycling depot is calling for legislative changes after she was turned away from the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission because she did not contact them within the required 12 months.
Samantha Chapman worked at Beaver Enviro in Spryfield from June 2017 until November 2018, when she went on maternity leave.
It wasn t until last September that she contacted the commission to inquire about making a formal complaint.
Posted: Apr 02, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: April 2
Christine Shupe filed a complaint with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission alleging she was sexually harassed at her former workplace.(Robert Short/CBC)
Nova Scotia s opposition parties say they would be willing to consider tabling legislation to strengthen human rights processes in the province after
Christine Shupe contacted the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission in 2018 to report that she was sexually harassed at her former workplace, Beaver Enviro Depot.
But when staff at the commission wrote the official complaint, they didn t use the employer s legal business name, 2557617 Nova Scotia Limited.
By the time the error was discovered after the complaint was already referred to a Board of Inquiry it was too late. A board chair wrote in his decision last week that boards are not permitted under the Human Rights Act to amend complaints.
Posted: Apr 01, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: April 1
Christine Shupe filed a complaint with Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission alleging sexual harassment at her former workplace.(Robert Short/CBC)
A Halifax woman s sexual harassment complaint against her former employer has been thrown out after the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission made a mistake on the paperwork.
Christine Shupe contacted the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission in 2018 saying she d been sexually harassed by her former employer, Wyatt Redmond, at the recycling depot she worked at.
Staff at the commission investigated the complaint over three years, and the case was finally referred to a board of inquiry the final stage in the complaint process, which involves a trial-like public hearing with witnesses and cross-examinations.