Category: Amherst

The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal that lead to the reporting of a restorative agreement regarding a human rights complaint by a former employee of an Aylesford company.

Dewayne Charlton worked at Homestead Cheese Sales as a truck driver.

He suffered a hernia in July 2014 and Holmestead placed him on medical leave.

Charlton said Holmestead’s Nick Tziolas accused him of “doing nothing all summer but lazing around at home instead of coming to work.”

Tziolas then fired him.

Charlton’s complaint said Holmestead discriminated based on disability.

An interim report says neither students with special needs nor their peers are being well-served by the “inclusive” education system.

The commission says there is widespread support for inclusive education, but the current model mostly just isn’t working.  Schools lack a cohesive system for implementing inclusive education.  There’s a lack of funding, teacher training and specialized staff as challenges.

The commission is working on a single provincial policy that will ensure fairness and equity for all students and will hold public hearings in the fall.