Jose Augusta Costa Pratas and Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario

Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario: The two sisters identified only as O.P.T. M.P.T. under a publication ban on their identities were among 39 workers from Mexico and Thailand whose complaints were referred to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. All others, including seven that were of a sexual nature, were settled earlier, according to Metro News. Allegations by one complainant against Jose Augusta Costa Pratas, Presteve Foods Ltd. former owner, included unwanted sexual touching and sexual penetration on three occasions, the ruling said and A Wheatley, Ont. man and a fish processing plant have been ordered to pay a record $220,000 in compensation to two Mexican migrant workers after a human rights tribunal ruled they endured a sexually poisoned work environment. In a 90-page ruling this week, the tribunal concluded the two sisters endured unwanted sexual solicitation and advances and discrimination in the workplace. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.