Dismissal of injured employee not discriminatory: Ontario tribunal

Employer didn’t have modified work available, thought worker gave false medical note

Dismissal of injured employee not discriminatory: Ontario tribunal
An assembler at a producer of kitchen and bathroom cabinetry filed a human rights complaint alleging his dismissal amounted to discrimination because of a disability. Credit: viki2win (Shutterstock)

An Ontario employer did not discriminate against an injured worker when it didn’t have work to fit his restrictions and later fired him for what it thought was a fraudulent medical note, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has found.

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