Employee Discount Policies: Zero Tolerance

A recent Nova Scotia Labour Board decision considered whether an employee with 11 years' service was dismissed for cause when he used an employee discount policy for a "friend", contrary to company policy. The Board found a violation and that dismissal for cause was the correct course of action. If your company provides employee discount policies to employees, this is a decision you may want to learn more about.

In the hotel and retail industries, employers often provide employee discount policies discounting products and services the employer offers to the public. In Newell v. Marriott Hotels of Canada Ltd. (2014 NSLB 47) the employer, the Halifax location of one of its international hotels, provided an Associate Pleasure Discount Rate for employees that had the following conditions attached to it: