Do your staff need a ‘crying room’?

Karl Johnston, who worked in HR with CBC North from 2018 to 2023 as a senior specialist in talent acquisition, has filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories alleging he was “subjected to a toxic working environment” and effectively forced to resign from his role in Yellowknife, according to the The National Post and CBC News. In the lawsuit, Johnston says the environment was so unhealthy there was an unofficial “crying room” where staff went to cope with stress. None of the allegations have been proven in court, and CBC told media that it disputes the claims and will defend itself.