Hydro One employee fired for sexual harassment of Reporter: For Cause Termination?

Hydro One has issued a statement saying it has fired one of its employees after he was found to have made crude remarks to CityNews reporter Shauna Hunt Sunday at a Toronto FC game.

Shawn Simoes and his friends yelled “F–k her right in the p—y” during Hunt’s live broadcast. The reporter then confronted Simoes, who called the use of FHRITP “hilarious.”

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• Severance pay for non-union Hydro One employees

Does an employer have a legal right to fire an employee for cause in Ontario if they engage in rude conduct outside of the workplace?

Lior Samfiru, partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP and a Toronto employment lawyer, told host Bill Carroll why employers need to think twice before leaping to a termination without severance pay.