NC-023 - Harassment

The Appellant had filed harassment complaints against his three supervisors. This case involved the harassment complaint filed against one of the supervisors. After becoming aware of the complaint, the Respondent initiated a harassment investigation under Part IV of the RCMP Act which focused on the detachment as a whole and not just on the allegations raised by the Appellant. After receiving the investigation report, the Respondent concluded that the supervisor had indeed demonstrated harassing behaviours toward the employees of the detachment and imposed conduct measures against him.

The Appellant appealed this decision for three reasons: (1) the investigators were not impartial; (2) he had not received a preliminary report before the final decision was issued; and (3) the measures imposed did not correct the situation involving the expert medical opinions regarding him that were based on false information obtained from his supervisors.

The ERC found that this case was not part of the type of files referable to the ERC. In this appeal, the Appellant challenged neither the Respondent's decision as to whether the complaint had been filed within the established time limit, nor the Respondent's decision as to whether the Alleged Harasser had contravened the Code of Conduct.

This non-conduct appeal is not referable to the ERC. Accordingly, the ERC did not review it further or make any recommendations.