The Supreme Court of British Columbia has approved a $4.5-million settlement in a class action alleging WestJet Airlines failed to protect female flight attendants from workplace harassment. The court… Free …
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Flight attendant loses EI benefits after sexual comments to colleagues deemed misconduct
A lead flight attendant who was dismissed for making sexual comments to colleagues during a work flight has been disqualified from receiving Employment Insurance benefits after Canada’s Social Securit… Free …
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Flight attendant who developed PTSD after airliner crash, fire entitled to full LOE benefits
An Ontario tribunal has ruled that an airline flight attendant with post-traumatic stress disorder was entitled to full loss-of-earnings benefits for a six-year period during which the Workplace Safet… Free …
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PREMIUM Flight attendant denied EI benefits after sexually inappropriate conversation with passenger
A flight attendant has been denied employment insurance benefits after losing his job for engaging in sexually inappropriate conversations with a passenger, with both the Social Security Tribunal’s General Division… …
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PREMIUM Flight attendant’s dismissal for sexual harassment reduced to suspension after 34 years of service
An Air Canada flight attendant with more than 34 years of service who was terminated following sexual harassment allegations has been reinstated with a three-month suspension after an arbitrator found… …
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B.C. court admonishes WestJet’s ‘potentially adversarial’ approach to producing documents in flight attendants’ class action
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Supreme Court of British Columbia has ordered WestJet to disclose a wider range of harassment complaint files involving flight attendants, ruling that any allegations brought forward by class memb… …
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Air Canada flight attendant partially granted confidentiality in discrimination case
A former Air Canada flight attendant has been partially granted a confidentiality order by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in her ongoing discrimination case against the airline. The attendant, wh… …
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Arbitrator sides with Air Canada in dispute over drug-testing a flight attendant’s hair sample
An arbitrator has sided with Air Canada in a dispute with a union over conducting a drug test using a hair sample from a flight attendant whose colleagues expressed concern …
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Flight attendant who alleged bullying, harassment has WCB claim rejected by appeals tribunal
A flight attendant who sought workers’ compensation for a mental disorder related to on-the-job bullying and harassment has had his claim rejected by the British Columbia Workers’ Compensation Appeals… Free …
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WestJet ordered to hand over documents related to its anti-harassment program as part of class-action lawsuit from flight attendants
WestJet has been ordered to provide a range of documents relating to its anti-harassment program — including training and exit interview material — by the Supreme Court of British Columbia. …