US EditionAir Canada ordered to pay pilots who were denied religious COVID-19 vaccine exemption
The decision found Air Canada violated human-rights law by requiring religious proof, and the pilots are owed back pay for more than six months.
- On Tuesday, an arbitrator ordered Air Canada to pay back pay to seven pilots denied religious exemptions from the airline's mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy.
- Prior to the ruling, the airline required employees seeking religious exemptions to submit letters from religious leaders, denying those who lacked documentation while others received more than six months of paid leave.
- Arbitrator James Hayes found the company violated the Canadian Human Rights Act, stating the seven Christian pilots' requests were "grounded in sincere religious conviction" despite lacking authority letters.
- The ruling mandates back pay for the period spanning late October 2021 to early May 2022, covering the time the pilots were placed on unpaid leave.
- During the pandemic, the exemptions arose as COVID-19 battered global travel, grounding flights at hubs like Toronto's Pearson International Airport.
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Arbitrator Orders Air Canada to Compensate Pilots Denied Religious COVID-19 Vaccine Exemptions
Seven Christian Air Canada pilots who were denied religious exemptions from the company’s compulsory COVID-19 vaccination policy have been awarded back pay after an arbitrator ruled the airline breached the Canadian Human Rights Act. According to arbitrator James Hayes’ recent decision, Air Canada violated the act by placing pilots on unpaid leave after determining they did not meet the company’s criteria for a “sincere religious belief,” while …
Seven Air Canada pilots had requested a religious exemption from the airline's mandatory vaccination policy against VOCID-19.
Air Canada ordered to pay pilots denied COVID-19 vaccine religious exemptions
An arbitrator has ordered Air Canada to grant back pay to seven pilots denied religious exemptions from the airline's mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy in a violation of the Canadian Human Rights Act. In a case of workplace religious discrimination, Air Canada placed the pilots on unpaid leave because they failed to meet the company's bar for "sincere religious belief," while other pilots who cleared it received more than six months of paid …
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