In Sherbrooke, a 49-year-old woman would like to be recognized as an injured worker after being sexually harassed by two of her superiors.
Ex-construction worker, house painter, Julie Tremblay, 49, testified to having been the victim of psychological and sexual harassment as well as touching from two of her superiors between 2011 and 2013.
Two years later, she decided to report the situation to her employer.
Julie was eventually fired because she refused to continue working with her harassers.
Today, she still hasn’t recovered.
Plunged into a deep depression, the 49-year-old woman alleges that she signed, under duress from her union representatives, an agreement with her employer releasing him from all responsibilities in exchange for meager compensation of $3,500.
Declared unfit for work, she has since received only compensation from IVAC, the compensation program for victims of crime.
Her numerous attempts to be recognized as injured workers have all failed.
In a decision of February 2017, the Commission des normes de l’equité de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST) mentioned that the events described did not make it possible to accept his claim as a work accident or as an injury. professional.
“There is no demonstration of cause and effect between the alleged events of 2011 to 2013 and the post-traumatic shock and adjustment disorder diagnosed three years later,” the decision reads.
Recognition from CNESST would allow him to obtain better psychological support, follow-up by medical experts and start living a normal life again.
Julie Tremblay would like to start her own business as a painter.