Workplace harm, power, and the law

"Just leave" is dangerous advice. Here are some of the real reasons survivors of intimate partner violence stay, and the question we should be asking instead.

An Alberta board upheld findings that a hospital failed a nurse harassed by a doctor. What the case reveals about workplace norms and harassment training.

In Antony v Yukon University, decided May 28, 2026, the Yukon Human Rights Panel of Adjudicators held that domestic violence is a characteristic protected from discrimination under the territory's Human Rights Act, subsumed under the ground of sex. It is the first human rights decision in Canada to rule on this issue. Two more decisions are coming: one from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal and one from the BC Human Rights Tribunal. This post explains what Antony decided, its significance beyond the Yukon, and what employers should be doing now.

A BC court rejected an employer's frustration defence where its inaction on workplace stalking contributed to the employee's injuries. What employers must learn.

A new BC study confirms tick-the-box training isn't reducing gender-based violence at work. Here's what would work better, and where employers can start.

Most workplace sexual harassment isn't the obvious kind. Here's what employers miss, why standard harassment training falls short, and what works instead.

Two human rights cases may help clarify whether domestic violence survivorship is protected under Canadian human rights law. Here's what employers should be watching and why it matters for workplace policies, accommodation, and legal compliance.

Ontario employers must act on domestic violence risk at work, often earlier than they think. A legal analysis of OHSA s. 32.0.4, with FOI findings.

Accessibility in the workplace shouldn't begin only when employees request accommodation. Here's how designing for flexibility can reduce barriers, enhance psychological safety, and minimize human rights risk.

The Supreme Court of Canada has recognized a new tort of intimate partner violence in Ahluwalia v Ahluwalia. This post analyzes the legal test, its feminist significance, and the structural barriers that survivors will still face in bringing a claim.