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Former CP24 weather personality Patricia Jaggernauth says she has been given the green light by the Canadian Human Rights Commission to continue a discrimination claim against her former employer.
She resigned from her job in October 2022 and filed a complaint against Bell Media.
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“It is two years of people thinking it is not true. It’s two years of me fighting. To get this final report — it is validating,” Jaggernauth said on social media.
“Reliving this pain has been so hard this week… I haven’t been able to breathe at times. It’s been constant tears and the re-opening of old wounds. I gave 11.5 years of my life to Bell Media and kept so many secrets from the public because I was afraid.”
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Her lawyer, Kathryn Marshall, said online that what happened to Jaggernauth was wrong and spoke to pay dispersity.
“The proposed grid may be consistent with CTV Toronto but there is still dispersity between the starting salaries of our woman and theirs and the company does not take our concerns seriously,” Marshall said. “A large portion of the wage gap remains unexplained and is party due to discrimination.
“An estimated 10.5% of the wage gap is attributed to gender based wage discrimination or other unexplained factors.”
Following Jaggernauth’s human rights filing in 2022, Bell Media released a statement.
“Bell Media takes allegations of any potential discrimination very seriously, and are committed to a safe, inclusive, and respectful work environment where employees can thrive,” the statement said. “If a matter is brought to our attention where an employee did not feel adequately supported, a process is triggered to review and address when required.”
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