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Four former Whistler Blackcomb employees have filed civil suit against the company after they claim they were wrongfully terminated from their positions without notice for failing to comply with its COVID-19 vaccine policy.
Sebastien Fremont, 47, a Whistler Blackcomb employee of 25 years who worked as the company’s senior manager of race services and recreation; Kevin Phelps, 49, a Whistler Blackcomb employee of 25 years who worked as a full-time millwright in the snowmaking department; Christian Staehli, 48, a Whistler Blackcomb employee of 29 years who worked as a fleet maintenance supervisor; and Robert Williams, 54, a Whistler Blackcomb employee of 14 years who worked as an electrician, all filed separate suits in the B.C. Supreme Court on Feb. 16. Each is represented by the same lawyer, and the suits are nearly identical in their legal basis and relief sought.
According to the court filings, the employees were allegedly terminated without notice on Nov. 19, 2021 for failing to comply with Whistler Blackcomb’s new vaccination policy, which they claim was not a precondition of their employment.
“As the [employee’s] continued employment was not contingent upon a government mandate, the Defendant was not legally entitled to terminate his employment without notice. It could only terminate him by providing him with the correct amount of notice or pay in lieu of same,”...
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