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5.5 year – 2.60%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-07-12. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
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Tim Hortons roasted by Ontario Human Rights Tribunal
– macleans.ca
Canada’s favourite coffee shop has enjoyed a banner week on stock markets—but not in front of Ontario’s Human Rights Tribunal.
Fresh off its megadeal with Burger King, Tim Hortons has been ordered to pay $12,500 plus three months worth of lost wages to Joanne Ko-Csonka, a former restaurant designer who was fired, in part, because she suffered from legitimate medical issues that forced her to miss work. “The decision to terminate the applicant’s employment was influenced by discriminatory factors,” wrote Brian Cook, the tribunal’s vice-chair, in an exhaustive ruling that tops 11,000 words. “The applicant is entitled to monetary compensation for injury to dignity, feelings, and self-respect.”
In a prepared statement emailed to Maclean’s, Ko-Csonka’s lawyer said Tim Hortons’ conduct was “scandalous” and that his client deserved more money than the judgment provides. “She is pleased that the Tribunal recognized that the Respondents discriminated against her and violated the Human Rights Code when they terminated her after 10 years of loyal service because she had a disability,” Alexander Sinclair wrote…
Fresh off its megadeal with Burger King, Tim Hortons has been ordered to pay $12,500 plus three months worth of lost wages to Joanne Ko-Csonka, a former restaurant designer who was fired, in part, because she suffered from legitimate medical issues that forced her to miss work. “The decision to terminate the applicant’s employment was influenced by discriminatory factors,” wrote Brian Cook, the tribunal’s vice-chair, in an exhaustive ruling that tops 11,000 words. “The applicant is entitled to monetary compensation for injury to dignity, feelings, and self-respect.”
In a prepared statement emailed to Maclean’s, Ko-Csonka’s lawyer said Tim Hortons’ conduct was “scandalous” and that his client deserved more money than the judgment provides. “She is pleased that the Tribunal recognized that the Respondents discriminated against her and violated the Human Rights Code when they terminated her after 10 years of loyal service because she had a disability,” Alexander Sinclair wrote…
120 days – 1.75%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-06-06. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
