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Unsuccessful discrimination claim
for worker with poor performance
Worker claimed religious debate with manager was factor in his
dismissal, but had a lengthy list of performance and behaviour issues
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
A RELIGIOUS disagreement between a
British Columbia worker and his manager
wasn't enough to support an argument of
discrimination when the worker was fired
for ongoing performance and behaviour
issues, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal
has ruled.
Shreyansh Shah was hired in February
2015 to work in the engineering department
for the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver.
His duties included replacing light bulbs
and air conditioning filters, maintaining
plumbing fixtures and supplies, performing
maintenance on room appliances and doors,
taking water readings in the swimming pool
and hot tub, and performing general main-
tenance duties.
e hotel's director of engineering, Joe
Weiss, found Shah to be a problem em-
May 15, 2019
A low bar for dismissal
at Saskatchewan hotel pg. 3
Failure to enter drink sale in point-of-sale
system or account for missing $6.90 not
enough for just cause to dismiss bartender
Avoiding the lows
of employees getting high pg. 4
Employers must balance the
rights of employees and their
own concerns in the legal era
EMPLOYEE'S on page 6 »
CREDIT:
BY
ANDREY_POPOV/SHUTTERSTOCK
Ask the Expert pg. 2
Parental leave for employee who
may not be involved with child
with Leah Schatz
Employee wrongfully dismissed
for sharing too much information
Worker emailed information on procurement process to consultants
submitting proposals, but he had best interests of employer in mind
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
A FEDERAL Crown corporation wrongfully
dismissed an employee whose sharing of too
much information to consultants submitting
proposals wasn't appropriate but wasn't seri-
ous enough to warrant termination, the On-
tario Superior Court of Justice has ruled.
Donald Schultz, 61, was the director of
real estate in Ottawa for the Canada Lands
Company (CLC), a federal Crown corpora-
tion specializing in real estate, development,
and attractions management. CLC initially
hired Schultz in July 2012 for a project de-
veloping a former Canadian Forces Base in
which he was responsible for all real estate
activities for the project such as drafting the
master plan, securing planning approvals,
implementing marketing strategies, and im-
plementing a public consultation process.
As part of his role, Schultz communicated
with consultants CLC had hired for input on
the scope of the work for both the munici-
pal planning contract and landscape design
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