Nhi Huynh provided her insights regarding a recent decision in which an employer was ordered to pay more than $30,000 for discriminating against a worker by denying them a promotion. See an excerpt below:
Air Canada worker paid $30,000 after seeking accommodation
‘They were trying to rely on a policy but they applied it rigidly, and that’s not going to cut it’
“The steps an employer takes to accommodate an employee is just as important as the accommodation itself – it’s going to be hard to show you’ve accommodated the employee to the point of undue hardship if you don’t follow the proper process.”