CBSA dog handle 'was a victim of harassment through mobbing, through a lack of management responses,' finds investigation
A Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) dog handler experienced workplace harassment after challenging the agency’s restrictive maternity leave policy, according to a report.
Danielle Getzie, who worked in the CBSA’s Detector Dog Service at Vancouver International Airport, filed a grievance in 2018 over a policy that capped handlers’ leaves at 90 days, CBC reported.
The rule, designed to maintain continuity between detector dogs and their handlers, made it particularly difficult for new parents to return to their roles. Getzie argued the policy was discriminatory—an adjudicator later agreed.
However, CBC reports that Getzie faced significant hostility at work after filing her complaint. A third-party investigator, brought in through CBSA’s National Integrity Centre of Expertise (NICE), found that Getzie was a victim of harassment, referring to bullying by a group of employees.
According to the report, one colleague’s “strong dislike” of Getzie influenced others to intimidate her, while management largely failed to respond.
Getzie “was a victim of harassment through mobbing, through a lack of management responses,” the investigator noted, as cited by CBC.
“It is a failure by the system,” the investigator’s report stated.
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