By Howard Levitt and Lavan Narenthiran
Last week, Bell Canada didn’t just cut nearly 700 managerial jobs. It performed a masterclass in how to eliminate an entire tier of middle and senior employees with surgical efficiency and almost no legal blowback. And, whether it be banks, telecom, insurance or energy companies, the rest of corporate Canada is taking notes.
If you are a manager, this is a moment to pay attention. Because the very title you worked so hard to earn is likely now your biggest liability.
Bell’s purge is the clearest warning yet — if you have “manager” in your title, you are the easiest person in Canada to fire.
This Is not only a restructuring. It is a demonstration of how far Canadian employment law goes to protect some employees while abandoning others. And if you are a manager, particularly in a federally regulated sector, Bell just reminded you of where you fall: among the unprotected.
Federally regulated non-managers enjoy statutory protection from termination without cause. Managers do not.
For employers, removing a manager is not a legal challenge. It is a cost calculation. It is the cleanest termination imaginable. Bell took full advantage of that.
It didn’t cut managers because it had to — it cut them because it could.
This is a company that knows the law. And it knows human nature. That combination made the mass layoffs possible with almost no resistance thus...
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