The Alberta Labour Relations Board has dismissed a complaint by a former Alberta health department employee who was fired over a text to a co-worker asking for help to fake her vaccination status. 
“The employer concluded the complainant had violated the employer’s Code Of Ethics and the misconduct was aggravated by her work as a frontline employee who had regular interactions with vulnerable patients and other employees,” wrote the board in its July 17 ruling, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
According to the ruling, the employee had asserted that the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees had breached its duty of fair representation when it refused to advance to arbitration a grievance challenging the employee’s termination by Alberta Health Services in November 2021….