A Quebec employer has been ordered to pay greater than $12,000 to a housekeeping employee who was fired on the spot after she knowledgeable them she was taking medical depart supported by a physician’s be aware.
Quebec’s administrative labour tribunal wrote in its choice that the lady’s employer went as far as to take her physician’s be aware, crumple it up and throw the paper in her course.
The employer then allegedly informed the employee they didn’t settle for her medical depart and that she would not work for them.
The lady filed a criticism with the province’s administrative labour tribunal, arguing her termination was in violation of the Labour Code. Her physician had put her on depart from work for 4 weeks.
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The employer in query didn’t seem on the listening to into the criticism and didn’t present proof, in accordance with the tribunal.
“By failing to appear at the hearing to assert its claims, the employer deprived itself of the opportunity to be heard and to present its version of the facts,” the tribunal wrote.
The tribunal stated just one conclusion could possibly be made: that the complainant was fired as a result of she informed her employer that she could be absent from work for well being causes.
In its ruling, the tribunal cancelled the employee’s dismissal and ordered the employer to offer again her job “with all her rights and privileges, within eight days of notification of this ruling.”
The employer was additionally ordered to pay $12,528 to compensate the employee for wage misplaced throughout that interval, plus curiosity.
