Former WestJet Employee Awarded $65K for Wrongful Dismissal over COVID-19 Vaccination

Canadian airline WestJet ordered to compensate employee who refused the COVID jab

From LifeSiteNews By Anthony Murdoch Alberta Justice Also Argento concluded that the major airline WestJet must pay Duong Yee, an accountant based in Calgary, $65,587.72 in damages. Canada’s second-largest airline has been ordered by a judge to compensate one of its employees who refused to take the COVID shot and was “wrongfully terminated.” In a ruling, Alberta Justice Also Argento concluded that the major airline WestJet must pay Duong Yee, a…

Former WestJet employee awarded $65K for wrongful dismissal over COVID-19 vaccination

An Alberta court has ruled in favour of a former WestJet employee who claimed she was discriminated against when the company terminated her over her refusal to receive a COVID-19 vaccine because of her religious beliefs.

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…