加拿大航空公司WestJet已同意支付450万加元，以解决一起长达十年的女性空乘性骚扰集体诉讼案。[1]不列颠哥伦比亚省法官于周一批准了该和解协议，该笔赔款将分配给参与集体诉讼的3452名女性空乘人员。[1]
这起集体诉讼由前空乘曼达琳娜·刘易斯（Mandalena Lewis）于2016年4月发起。[1]刘易斯声称在2010年于夏威夷遭一名飞行员性侵，随后在2016年被WestJet以"严重不服从"为由解雇。[1]同一名飞行员也曾在2008年对另一名空乘进行性侵。[1]该诉讼涵盖了2014年4月4日至2021年2月28日间为WestJet工作的所有女性空乘人员。[1]
尽管和解协议已获批准，刘易斯仍对这一结果表示失望，指出WestJet两年前在行李费集体诉讼中支付了1250万加元。[1]根据美国空乘协会2018年的调查，68%的空乘人员曾经历过职业性骚扰，但仅有7%的人向雇主报告了此类行为。[1]
WestJet has agreed to pay 4.5 million Canadian dollars to resolve a decade-long class action lawsuit brought by female flight attendants alleging sexual harassment and inadequate employer response [1]. A British Columbia judge approved the settlement on Monday [1]. The agreement will compensate 3,452 female cabin crew members who worked for the airline between April 4, 2014 and February 28, 2021 [1].
The lawsuit was initiated in April 2016 by former flight attendant Mandalena Lewis, who alleged that a pilot sexually assaulted her in Hawaii in 2010 and that the airline failed to take action [1]. Lewis was subsequently dismissed in 2016 on grounds of "serious insubordination," and the same pilot had previously assaulted another flight attendant in 2008 [1]. Despite the settlement, Lewis expressed disappointment with the outcome, noting that WestJet paid $12.5 million in a separate baggage fee class action two years prior [1]. According to a 2018 survey by the US Association of Flight Attendants, 68 percent of cabin crew members have experienced workplace sexual harassment, though only 7 percent report such incidents to their employers [1].