A nurse who failed to pass her probationary period in Sudbury largely because of her struggle to communicate in English has filed a labour grievance against her employer.
The Ontario Nurses’ Association filed the grievance motion on her behalf claiming that her firing was discriminatory and violated the Ontario Human Rights Code. In a recent decision, an arbitrator rejected efforts by Health Sciences North to dismiss the case on the basis of jurisdiction in a preliminary motion.
The nurse worked in Saudi Arabia and the Philippines before coming to Canada and working as a PSW for two years. She received her Canadian nursing credentials and worked in homecare in Sault Ste. Marie
I have dealt with nurses who barely speak English or speak in so heavily accented a manner it is near impossible to understand them.
