B.C. employee terminated after two years on medical leave
The Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT) has dismissed a worker's claim that her employer illegally retaliated against her for raising workplace safety concerns, finding no causal link between her 2020 complaint of bullying and harassment and her termination nearly two years later.
The decision was issued June 6, 2024, by vice chair Christopher Ramsay involved: an international relations and analytics specialist; the employer; and three employer representatives referred to as Ms. X (senior manager of people operations), Ms. Y (vice president of people operations), and Mr. Z (president and COO).
The worker began her employment in September 2018. She alleged that shortly after starting, her boss made her watch a disturbing video mocking a woman who had undergone breast reduction surgery. The employee had her own breast reduction surgery in July 2019 and said HR required her back at work after just a week.
In March 2020, she entered salary negotiations she described as unprofessional. In May 2020, a day after a meeting about her job duties, she went on medical leave and did not return before her eventual termination. She refused an initial request for a medical certificate and alleged harassment, then filed a formal bullying-and-harassment complaint in July/August 2020 detailing several incidents.
The employer investigated. A new position offered to her that July fell through in September when, the employer...
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