They said 54% of Aritzia employees and 60% of retail employees identified as BIPOC but declined to provide a breakdown of those statistics.
Insider spoke with 53 current and former Aritzia employees, several of whom said that while the world of fashion is notoriously cutthroat, working at Aritzia was particularly grueling.
Aritzia's spokesperson said the company's success was a "direct result of its high-performance culture."
(In a statement of defense filed with the court on July 5, the store manager and Aritzia denied all allegations.
A former Ontario store manager said that shortly after she was hired, the manager of store operations asked if she had a boyfriend.
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