"In an email to employees obtained by CBC News, Bell's chief human resources officer Nikki Moffat said terminated employees were "misrepresenting their presence in the workplace" though now-fired workers have been disputing that claim on social media and in conversations with CBC News. In addition to accusations those fired were deceptive about when they were in the workplace, Bell claims some terminated workers were caught "swiping in and leaving shortly after," according to Moffat's email."
"Not so, say workers contacted by CBC News, as well as Jean-Alexandre De Bousquet, a lawyer representing at least 30 terminated Bell workers. "I would say most of those people have never worked in the office, not even before the pandemic," said De Bousquet. The Mississauga-based employment lawyer said he has been contacted by more than 30 fired Bell employees and believes there could be "hundreds.""
"A Bell representative told CBC News the company disagrees with the claim hundreds have been terminated, saying that number is inaccurate. Bell would not provide specific details on how many people have been terminated or confirm any names of those affected, but the company said only a "small number" of employees were fired. Bell said it's been policy for corporate office employees to be in the office at least two days a week since 2022 and three days since 2023."
Bell, a BCE-owned company, terminated workers for alleged violations of workplace attendance and working-from-home policies. Bell’s chief human resources officer stated that terminated employees misrepresented their presence in the workplace. Bell also claimed some employees were caught swiping in and leaving shortly after. Fired workers and a lawyer representing at least 30 terminated employees dispute these claims, saying many had never worked in the office even before the pandemic. The lawyer believes the number of affected workers could be in the hundreds, while Bell says only a small number were fired and that the larger figure is inaccurate. Bell did not provide specific termination counts or names. Bell’s policy requires corporate office employees to be in the office at least two days per week since 2022 and three days per week since 2023.
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