Can an employer be held liable for failing to properly investigate a complaint of harassment and discrimination?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Morris v. Ontario (Finance), 2011 HRTO 1889 (CanLII):
There was a suggestion in the applicant’s account that she had made complaints of harassment and discrimination that were not properly investigated. In certain circumstances, an employer’s failure to properly investigate complaints of harassment and/or discrimination can result in a finding in favour of the employee. See, for example, Laskowska v. Marineland of Canada Inc., 2005 HRTO 30.
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