Board Hears Complaint Against Car Dealership

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION--Board Hears Complaint Against Car Dealership

The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission has appointed a board of inquiry to consider a complaint of employment discrimination against the former Taylor Ford Lincoln car dealership in Halifax.

Tara Leigh Eagles of Beaverbank complained to the commission in December 2000 that she was terminated from her job as a sales and leasing consultant at the dealership in May 2000 after she informed her employer that she was pregnant.

Senator Donald Oliver has been appointed as chair of the inquiry. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 13, at the Cambridge Suites Hotel in Halifax. The hearing is expected to continue until Friday, Sept. 16.

Boards of inquiry are the final stage in the human rights complaint process. They are independent, public hearings into complaints of discrimination.