Trouble In The Land of Sunshine
Trouble In The Land of Sunshine
Published : 22-Jan-2011 08:49
Strange things are afoot at Sunshine ski area near Banff in Alberta, Canada.
The Calgary Herald reports that a spate of sackings of ski area staff, some of whom had worked at the resort for 30 years, led to a mass "call in sick" of employees on Wednesday, leaving the centre only able to operate three lifts and offering refunds to disgruntled customers.
According to The Calgary Herald, Sunshine itself remains tight-lipped on the matter with a resort spokesman telling media they do not comment on such matters.
Now ex-staff are less tight-lipped however and say that the employee unrest and resulting sackings resulted from an as yet unexplained, "confrontation on the mountain" between a member of the Scurfield family who run the resort and several staff members. Internet chat room rumours say the incident involved the son of the owner being caught skiing out-of-bounds.
Four mostly long-serving senior staff were fired after that incident on 29th December. Following the walk out of staff last week several off those involved were told they were fired, they told the Calgary Herald. They were then escorted from the ski centre and told they were never allowed to set foot on the property again or they would be prosecuted for trespass, they said.
The four staff fired on 29th December say they are commencing legal action against Sunshine for wrongful dismissal.
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