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 company said it would be introducing a policy that all employees were required to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 30, 2021. WestJet said that employees were required to provide a declaration of vaccination status by Sept. 24, 2021….