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LL sued her former employer Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (CNRL) for damages for its failure to protect her (as her employer) from ongoing sexual harassment and abuse. LL also claimed damages for constructive dismissal. CNRL applied to have the actions summarily dismissed or for an order to have portions of LL’s claims struck (at paras 1-3).
CNRL employed LL for approximately four years (2010 to 2014) as a Testing Technician. LL alleged that beginning on her first day of work (on Shift A), she experienced verbal, emotional and sexual harassment, discrimination and abuse from her male colleagues and the male team lead (at para 4). The types of harassment and abuse included (at para 5):
Inappropriate and discriminatory comments against Aboriginal people;
Inappropriate and discriminatory comments against women;
Inappropriate sexual comments;
Inappropriate and unwanted sexual contact;
Breaches of her privacy when her supervisor illegally obtained her home address and visited her home uninvited;
Her supervisor stalking her by telephone and in person;
Unlawful coercion of the Respondent into a sexual relationship with her supervisor under threat of being fired; and
Belittling and demeaning treatment of the Respondent in the presence of other team members.