We have and continue to represent many clients who have been sexually harassed by a boss, supervisor, or co-worker.  Treatment of this nature is degrading and humiliating; usually involving an abuse of economic power. No executive or employee should be forced to endure such grossly inappropriate treatment. Usually victims of such mistreatment are not alone with other co-workers also being forced to silently endure similar mistreatment.

Former Chief Justice Dickson of the Supreme Court of Canada wrote in Janzen v. Platy Enterprises Ltd. that:

“Without seeking to provide an exhaustive definition of the term, I am of the view that sexual harassment in the workplace may be broadly defined as unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that detrimentally affects the work environment or leads to adverse job-related consequences for the victims of the harassment.  It is, as Adjudicator Shime observed in Bell v. Ladas, supra, and as has been widely accepted by other adjudicators and academic commentators, an abuse of power.  When sexual harassment occurs in the workplace, it is an abuse of both economic and sexual power.  Sexual harassment is a demeaning practice, one that constitutes a profound affront to the dignity of the employees forced to endure it.  By requiring an employee to contend with unwelcome sexual actions or explicit sexual demands, sexual harassment in the workplace attacks the dignity and self-respect of the victim both as an employee and as a human being.”

Evans Law Firm has a wide range of expertise in dealing with sexual harassment.  From Human Rights complaints to civil actions, we are experts in defending your rights and restoring dignity. 

Contact Evans Law Firm today to learn about your rights and what options are available to you.