Andrew Zabrovsky Offers Tips for HR navigating Human Rights Dispute Resolution in Canadian HR Reporter

Hicks Morley Partner and Human Rights Practice Group leader, Andrew Zabrovsky, shared his tips on how employers can secure enforceable human rights settlements in Canadian HR Reporter. Speaking about a recent Alberta Human Rights decision, Desta v. Schnitzer Steel Canada Ltd., 2025 AHRC 51, Andrew discusses the complications that can arise when employers are attempting to resolve human rights complaints with unrepresented litigants, including confusion and disagreement when attempting to secure a written settlement once an agreement is reached at mediation. “…[W]hat happens is the employee is agreeing to a general release of liability, and they don’t really know what that looks like, and when they see it, they don’t like it,” he says in the article. He goes on to state, “And that is common, for complainants not to like what the release actually looks like.” In the article, Andrew recommends that employers facing an upcoming human rights mediation go into that process with clear objectives and put themselves in the best position possible to achieve a written settlement that can be enforced.

Read more about Andrew’s insights and advice in the full article.