Canada: Can An Employee Consent To Sexual Harassment At Work?

A recent decision of the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (2013 BCHRT 289) dealt with a complaint by Adele Kafer that she had been subjected to sexual harassment in her employment at Sleep Country Canada.

Ms. Kafer said that she was subjected to ongoing sexual harassment. For example, another employee, Arif, said “see you later bitch” to her in the presence of other employees. Arif also told her that he would only be able to […]

By | February 4th, 2014 ||

Death Threat By White Employees – EEOC Suit Settles For $50,000

We can report today on the settlement of an EEOC lawsuit which we announced was filed more than a year ago.   OnOctober 2, 2012, we commented that racial slurs and nooses had been the subjects of more than one of our recent blogs.  (See also our post of December 3, 2012).  The EEOC reported then that slurs and nooses became late-night death threats made against an employee by co-workers if he made any more racial harassment complaints against […]

By | January 31st, 2014 ||

Employees’ Non-Compete Agreements In Finland

An employee’s obligations towards his or her employer generally terminate when their employment relationship terminates, unless the parties specifically agree otherwise. For example, they may conclude a so-called non-compete agreement. Such an agreement may be made only for very weighty reasons that relate to an employer’s operations or an employee’s position. A non-compete agreement can be used to restrict an employee for entering into an employment contract with the employer’s competitor or from directly […]

By | January 30th, 2014 ||