What is the test for setting aside a release for an applicant who is suffering from multiple sclerosis?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from DS v. Bosco and Roxy’s Incorporated, 2019 HRTO 241 (CanLII):
Even if I were to accept that the applicant was experiencing some degree of job and related financial insecurity, and taking into account his medication expenses, economic pressure alone is not sufficient to set aside a release. See Sinnett v. Orlick Industries, 2009 HRTO 916, at para 24.
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