Without knowing the whole story, I think I would give cbc's hr department benefit of the doubt here. It would be pretty stupid to open themselves up to a lawsuit by dismissing someone based on their private bedroom activities. They must have conducted a thorough investigation which led them to believe their employee committed acts of non consensual sexual violence.
They could have waited until a police investigation was conducted, but as long as they can provide evidence that they conducted a reasonably thorough investigation, and determined that his actions violated his contract, then they are fine. The hr department would have a duty to the company to terminate any employee who would damage cbc's reputation and therefore cause undue hardship to the company.
If they didn't have a strong case that their investigation was thorough, then they should have suspended him with pay until a police investigation was complete. I guess we shall see...
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