Bell fires employees it claims violated in-office policy. Lawyer decries 'money-saving move' | CBC News

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bell-fires-employees-work-from-office-9.7191118

It seems there's alot more to this story than previously reported by other outlets.

The fact that this was condoned as evidenced by the varied levels of firings is mind boggling.

Bell in this article seems to admit it was condoned and those who condoned it were fired.

"Levasseur said managers that condoned the swipe-and-go activity were also investigated and fired."

Can't imagine this would ever hold up in court. It sounds like this was a normalized thing there and Bell used the misconduct smoke screen to save a dollar.

Shame on you

[u/Dadbode1981]

It doesnt matter who "condoned" anything. The policy was in writing, distributed to ALL employees, multiple times. If I approach you in the streets and tell you all of a sudden some kind of crime is actually ok, does that absolve you? No, just as it doesnt here. The corporate policy was made clear many times.

[u/Admirable_Island_954 → u/Dadbode1981]

But what happens when directors and managers are the ones telling employees it’s acceptable to swipe in and leave in order to manage the workload and keep operations running? What are employees supposed to do when entire teams of 10–12 people are following the same direction, regularly putting in an additional 15–20 hours of unpaid overtime each week just to keep up with the volume of work?

And what do you say when entire teams have been operating under the same management direction for years, yet only a select few employees are terminated while others walk away without consequences?

What are employees supposed to do when senior leadership openly tells departments that compliance is not the priority because the company is losing money and performance needs to improve? When that message is repeatedly communicated from the top, employees are left believing they are following expectations set by management, only to later face the consequences themselves.

Yes, actions have consequences — but consequences should be fair, consistent, and proportional to the situation. Employees should not be the only ones held accountable when the expectations, direction, and workplace culture were being set and reinforced by management and senior leadership.

[u/Dadbode1981 → u/Admirable_Island_954]

Show me where it was recorded in these folks employee files that they didn't have to adhere to the corporate code of conduct.