The federal labour board overturned a border services officer's dismissal after finding that an unhygienic sequence during an authorized personal search was an honest mistake, not deliberate misconduct. The officer's later degrading jokes about the traveller breached workplace conduct rules, but the Board substituted a suspension without pay lasting 5 days and ordered his reinstatement with salary and benefits.
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Bahia v. Treasury Board (Canada Border Services Agency), 2026 FPSLREB 97 (CanLII)
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Held. The officer's later degrading jokes about the traveller breached workplace conduct rules, but the Board substituted a suspension without pay lasting 5 days and ordered his reinstatement with salary and benefits.
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