Resignation lost in translation (Legal View)

Non-English-speaking worker with sore feet wanted to ‘stop working’ but HR supervisor at meat packing plant wrongly interpreted request as ‘I quit’

An Ontario company didn’t properly confirm if an employee who couldn’t speak English actually resigned, resulting in wrongful dismissal, an arbitrator has ruled in reinstating the woman.

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