2018/19 Statistics
Table 1: Summary of investigations related to sexual harassment, harassment /
bullying, and other forms of misconduct
2018/19 Summary of Investigations 1

1

2
3

4

5

Allegation
Type

Number of
Investigations

Number of
Allegations2

Number of
Respondents3

Number of
Substantiated
Allegations4

Number of
Unsubstantiated
Allegations

Sexual
Harassment
Harassment
/ Bullying
Other forms
of
misconduct5

22

28

38

19

9

116

178

163

84

94

302

377

360

286

91

Totals

440

583

561

389

194

Investigations are conducted formally and involve the establishment of an investigation team with
representatives from human resources and management of the department. The counts of investigations
completed do not include any investigations in progress at the end of the fiscal year. Investigations in this
summary also do not include investigations covered under The Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower
Protection) Act.
An investigation may involve more than one allegation and may also have overlap in the types of allegations.
The counts of respondents investigated do not include any respondents from investigations in progress at the
end of the fiscal year.
Substantiated allegations may result in outcomes that include a range of disciplinary action, training,
education, mediation or a combination of these outcomes.
Other form of misconduct may include, but not be limited to, behaviour such as attempted fraud, conflict of
interest or other inappropriate conduct.

Table 2: Summary of complaints related to sexual harassment
2018/19 Summary of Complaints related to Sexual Harassment

1
2

3

Number of Complaints1 Received

23

Number of Investigations Completed2

22

Number of Substantiated Allegations3

19

Number of Unsubstantiated Allegations

9

Complaints may involve more than one allegation and may also have overlap in the types of allegations.
Investigations are conducted formally and involve the establishment of an investigation team with
representatives from human resources and management of the department. The counts of investigations
completed do not include any investigations in progress at the end of the fiscal year.
Substantiated allegations may result in outcomes that include a range of disciplinary action, training,
education, mediation or a combination of these outcomes (see Table 3).

 Table 3: Summary of outcomes
2018/19 Summary of Outcomes for Substantiated Allegations related
to Sexual Harassment Complaints

1

2

3
4

Outcomes
Training / education1

Numbers
8

Mediation2

2

Disciplinary action3

10

Totals4

20

Training/education may be informal or formal and could include, but not be limited to, workshops, policy review,
and other related follow-up.
Mediation may be informal or formal and could include, but not be limited to, externally or internally facilitated
processes.
Disciplinary action may include a range of progressive, corrective actions, up to and including dismissal.
Numbers may not align to those provided in Table 1 due to the possibility of multiple outcomes per substantiated
allegation.