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ARTICLE · 14 MAY 2015

Termination For "Off-Duty Conduct" – It Shouldn't Be This Difficult!

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One of the individuals involved was quickly identified as Shawn Simoes, an Hydro One employee.

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Twitter has been ablaze over the past 48-hours after CityNews reporter Shauna Hunt confronted a group of imbeciles at Sunday's Toronto FC game for mimicking a viral trend seen across North America, in which on-air reporters are harassed with the phrase, "F— her right in the p—-."

One of the individuals involved was quickly identified as Shawn Simoes, an Hydro One employee. Hydro One quickly moved to terminate Mr. Simoes and Hydro One corporate affairs director Daffyd Roderick told The Toronto Star: "Respect for all people is engrained in the Code of Conduct and in our Core Values and we are committed to a work environment where discrimination or harassment of any type is met with zero tolerance".

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