Where an employee remains disabled and has not actually returned to work, treating anticipated recovery as actual recovery and ending disability related employment protections can establish the required connection between disability and adverse treatment at the prima facie stage. The appeal was allowed.
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O’Grady v. Bell Canada, 2026 FCA 162
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Held. The appeal was allowed.
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