A year later, Mallik filed an age discrimination complaint with the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission. The Commission investigated and dismissed his claim because they were convinced that it was his history of poor performance and not his age which led to the decision to fire him. Mallik didn't accept that decision and applied to the Court of Queen’s Bench for an order to quash the dismissal and tell the Human Rights Commission to appoint a Board of Inquiry to hear his case.
Mr. Justice McLellan decided that there was no performance-related issues that had led to Mallik’s firing. He was going about his work as he always had and although there were four written warnings over a three-year period, they were not serious enough to justify a suspension, let alone a firing.
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