Injured worker fired for not meeting standard, reinstated by arbitrator

B.C. worker couldn't meet unilaterally imposed production standard, but it wasn’t consistently enforced

Injured worker fired for not meeting standard, reinstated by arbitrator

“If employees with limitations are still doing a substantial component of the job, they may be entitled to accommodation and modifications to their role - there's a huge amount of room between an accommodated position and full frustration of contract, and we can't short-cut that.”

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