Air Canada Ordered to Compensate 7 Pilots After Denying Religious Exemption for COVID-19 Vaccine

Air Canada Ordered to Compensate 7 Pilots After Denying Religious Exemption for COVID-19 Vaccine

Seven Air Canada pilots who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccines will be compensated by Air Canada after they were denied religious exemption and placed on unpaid leave in 2021. Arbitrator James Hayes ruled on March 3 that Air Canada violated the collective agreement and Canadian Human Rights Act by committing workplace religious discrimination against the seven pilots. “Where arbitrators in some cases have struggled in assessing the sincerity o…