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18 Jun 2007

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Canadian Occupational Health & Safety News

Alberta worker wins compensation struggle [Canada]

An Alberta judge has ruled that the actions of Mobil Oil Canada [part of ExxonMobil] supervisors more than 15 years ago amounted to discrimination and retaliation against a female worker...[and that she is] entitled to compensation…Walsh submitted a claim of gender discrimination, a poisoned work environment, and unequal pay in 1991 and was terminated, in retaliation, in 1995...When Walsh filed a human rights complaint in 1991, Mobil Oil responded by arguing that “there is no discrimination relating to salary or job function.”…