Canada

After nine years of waiting for a decision in a human rights complaint, a Winnipeg woman has been offered $175,000 in compensation, minus some deductions, by her former employer after she complained about a sexist atmosphere in the workplace.

The complaint was filed by Gwen Jaques against her former employer, Price Industries, a large multinational manufacturing company based in Winnipeg.

Jaques filed a complaint with the Manitoba Human Rights Commission in 2015 after she was dismissed in June that year from her sales job at the company, which makes products such as air purification equipment.

The complaint alleges that in violation of the Manitoba Human Rights Code, Jaques was discriminated against on the basis of her sex and her age at the time (53), and that she was subjected to harassment.