Can an employee be held to credit for not disclosing their actions to their employer?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Unifor Local 707A v Suncor Energy Inc., 2019 CanLII 99085 (CA LA):
216. While the employee in BCTWGMIU v. Imperial Tobacco acknowledged his role in the incident when confronted by the employer several days later, this was not held to his credit, as the arbitrator felt he would have kept the issue “under wraps” if it had been up to him.
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