CIBC responds to $1M sexual harassment lawsuit launched by ex-worker Diane Vivares
The Canadian Press, 18 May 2016
The CEO of CIBC sent a note to all employees Wednesday, reiterating the company’s non-tolerance for workplace harassment after a former worker filed a wrongful dismissal lawsuit against the bank and a former executive director that alleges she was sexually assaulted and harassed. Diane Vivares, a former associate in the bank’s equity markets group, is seeking more than $1 million in damages from CIBC World Markets and Kevin Carter, a former executive director at the bank. In a lawsuit filed with the Ontario Superior Court in December, about two months after she was let go, Vivares alleges Carter sexually assaulted her at a company Christmas party in 2007 by shoving his hand down her skirt twice.
