Fired for being too French? Not So Fast: CBC News
A waiter in Vancouver who lost his job for being rude and aggressive claims he was actually fired for being too French.
Guillaume Rey started working as a waiter at Milestones in October 2015. He filed a complaint with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal against the restaurant and its parent company Cara Operations Ltd. after he was fired in August 2017. He alleges the accusations against him were a “discrimination against my culture” which “tends to be more direct and expressive.”
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Can you be fired for being too French? That’s what a waiter in BC claims happened to him. Does the complaint have merit? A Vancouver employment lawyer at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP was interviewed by Rubina Ahmed-Haq for CBC Radio. Catch their take here.
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Lior Samfiru
Lior Samfiru is a Founding Partner of Samfiru Tumarkin LLP and Practice Leader for the firm's Labour & Employment Law Group. His experience in countless successful cases and mediations on behalf of employees and employers, as well as his continued advocacy for the rights of workers, makes him one of the most skilled and sought-after labour and employment lawyers in Canada.
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