Alberta Court Finds in Favour of WestJet Employee Fired for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine

Alberta Court Finds in Favour of WestJet Employee Fired for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine

An Alberta court has ruled against WestJet over its termination of an employee for failing to comply with the company’s COVID-19 vaccination policy. Justice A.P. Argento of Alberta’s Court of Justice said the airline’s dismissal of Duong Yee was “not a proportional response.” Yee was terminated in December 2021 after being denied an exemption to WestJet’s policy of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination on religious grounds. On Sept. 8, 2021, the compan…

Canadian Court Awards Compensation to WestJet Employee Fired Over Vaccine Mandates · Caldron Pool

Canadian airline WestJet is being ordered to backpay an employee fired for defying the company’s COVID-19 (CCP-19) vaccine mandate. Junior accountant Duong Yee was terminated in December 2021 because the company refused to accept her request for a religious exemption. Disregarding Yee’s compliance with the company’s policy for accommodation, WestJet rejected her application, arguing that her request wasn’t religious; it was political. Yee, a Chr…