The Supreme Court of Canada denied leave to the appellant employee fired for as the result of violent threats made to fellow employees after being discipline. While the respondent employer had accommodated the employees for various disabilities, the employer was not aware of the employee’s mental disability and therefore did not discriminate against him under the Ontario Human Rights Code. The Ontario Court relied upon the decision of the BC Court of Appeal’s decision in BC (Public Service Agency) v. BBCGEU, 2008 BCCA 357.
The Court noted that the employee’s mental disability, unknown to the employer, played no role in the termination decision. He made violent threats and was properly terminated for just cause.
On Appeal from the Ontario Court of Appeal, Bellehumeur v. Windsor Factory Supply Ltd., 2015 ONCA 473