LIGHT WORK DOES NOT MEAN UNNECESSARY, DEMEANING TASKS

Release date: November 1st, 2007

LIGHT WORK DOES NOT MEAN UNNECESSARY, DEMEANING TASKS

The employee alleged that he was the victim of a veiled dismissal, whereas the employer claimed the employee resigned. The evidence showed that the employee’s doctor had authorized him to perform light duties following a work accident. Doubting the employee’s honesty, the employer asked him to check all the screws in boxes containing 13,000 screws each. The employer stationed the employee in the cafeteria, where he became the laughing stock of his co-workers, even outside the workplace. On the advice of his physician, the employee tendered his resignation. According to the commissioner, the employee’s resignation constituted a veiled dismissal, since he was deliberately and unduly assigned to a task that was tedious and degrading, whose usefulness was unproven, and whose only goal was to humiliate the employee in order to prompt his resignation. The complaint was upheld. Dubois and Cercueils Concept inc. , DTE 2007T-343 (C.R.T.), Line Lanseigne

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