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The employee claims a supervisor repeatedly raised his voice and belittled him

This after the National Research Council dismissed a ‘raised voice’ complaint on May 25 by Robert Herscovitch, an industrial technology advisor.

Herscovitch claimed a supervisor repeatedly raised his voice and belittled him, at one point shouting he was a “lowly industrial technology advisor, nothing else.

Meanwhile, the National Research Council has yet to file a statement of defence but management ruled the complaint did “not meet the definition of workplace violence” under Occupational Health And Safety Regulations.Article content continued

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