Lawyer Leighton Grey, of Grey Wowk Spencer LLP, said of the dozens of Canadian Natural Resouces Ltd. (CNRL) employees suing the oil giant, most will continue with their legal action rather than return to work..The comments from Grey follow the March 15 release of an internal document obtained by the Western Standard from CNRL’s human resources department to suspended employees..The document indicates the company is removing its proof of vaccination policy and requiring employees to return to work on April 4..“CNRL has essentially destroyed the trust relationship it once had with these workers,” Grey told the Western Standard..“The shabby, dehumanizing treatment of them through the corporate COVID-19 vaccine policy has only been exacerbated by recent revelations from Pfizer about how incredibly harmful these experimental drugs are..“There are a few CNRL workers going back to work out of sheer necessity, but those who have the means to do so are declining the invitation to return unless the company fully restores all of the pay they lost during their imposed unpaid leaves of absence.”.Grey told the Western Standard 71 of 85 claimants will not be returning to work with CNRL and will be proceeding with litigation against the oil conglomerate..An internal document was leaked by CNRL’s human resources department in mid-February which looked to be polling suspended employees whether they will be returning to work if CNRL lifted its proof of vaccination policy..At that time, Grey said he was advising his clients not to respond to the letter..“First of all, CNRL is very upset this letter was released and it’s been causing a lot of problems for them,” Grey told the Western Standard..“But the real issue is, what this letter is actually saying is, even after mistreating these employees and violating their employment rights, they have no intention of compensating these people or even admitting any wrongdoing.”.“These people have suffered emotional, mental and physical harm from this.”.Grey said the actions of CNRL have “damaged trust levels” in his clients, adding, “The damage is done; the heartache is done.”.“They (CNRL) haven’t made it clear, do they want these people back or are they just doing a headcount of how many lawsuits they will have to contend with.”.At the time, Grey advised his clients to hold out until “a sincere and better overture comes” and CNRL “offers some enticement to come back and there is some recognition of wrongdoing,” and continues to advise this moving forward now that the company has announced employees can return by April 4..Melanie Risdon is a reporter with the Western Standard.,.mrisdon@westernstandardonline.com
