Are there any cases where an employer has been found to have harassed or abused an employee?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from Giesbrecht v. McNeilly et al., 2008 MBCA 22 (CanLII):
53 See also Oliver v. Severance, 2007 PESCAD 2, 277 D.L.R. (4th) 393, leave to appeal refused, [2007] S.C.C.A. No. 74, where, for the court, McQuaid J.A. said (at para. 61): .... Conduct which is harassing and abusive toward an employee to the point where she allegedly has an emotional breakdown, would be a violation of the employer’s obligation to provide a safe workplace. The obligation to provide such a workplace surely contemplates the obligation to provide for the psychological health and safety of the employees as well as their physical health and safety. ....
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