Canadian corporate giant BCE, which owns Bell, has fired a number of workers for violating policies around workplace attendance or working from home, but CBC News has learned the company is facing allegations the terminations were unjustified and used to avoid paying severance.
In an email to employees obtained by CBC News, Bell’s Chief Human Resources Officer Nikki Moffat said terminated employees were "misrepresenting their presence in the workplace" — though now-fired workers have been disputing that claim on social media and in conversations with CBC News.
In addition to accusations those fired were deceptive about when they were in the workplace, Bell claims some terminated workers were caught "swiping in and leaving shortly after," according to Moffat's email.
Not so, say workers contacted by CBC News, as well as Jean-Alexandre De Bousquet, a lawyer representing at least 30 terminated Bell workers.
"I would say most of those people have never worked in the office, not even before the pandemic," said De Bousquet. The Mississauga-based employment lawyer said he has been contacted by more than 30 fired Bell employees and believes there could be "hundreds."
A Bell representative told CBC News the company disagrees with the claim hundreds have been terminated, saying that number is inaccurate. Bell would not provide specific details on how many people have been terminated or confirm any names of those affected, but the company said only a "small number" of employees were...
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