OTTAWA — A former RCMP superintendent who was fired from his $188,000-a-year job as head of corporate security at Canada Post is suing the Crown corporation for wrongful dismissal.
Robert (Ted) Upshaw’s lawsuit, filed in December, is the second against Canada Post in the past nine months by a senior manager alleging they were wrongfully let go.
The suits come at a time of cost-cutting that has included plans to end door-to-door delivery in urban areas and job cuts, and reveal a culture of big bonuses and perks.
Upshaw alleges he was relieved of his duties without warning or explanation in August, according to a statement of claim filed in Ottawa court.
He accuses Canada Post of acting in bad faith and is now seeking two years’ salary, along with thousands of dollars in benefits and bonuses he would otherwise have been entitled. Upshaw is also seeking $200,000 in additional aggravated damages for what he alleges was a breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing.
According to his statement of claim, the 57-year-old Upshaw received $151,492 in individual and corporate bonuses on top of his $188,697 annual salary over the four years he was at Canada Post.
That included a $40,000 bonus in 2012, a year after a labour dispute shut down the postal service for 25 days and cost Canada Post millions in lost revenue.
Upshaw was also entitled to a car allowance of $8,000 annually, a mortgage assistance subsidy of $5,895 annually that decreased over time and incidental payments of up to $3,500 annually. When he was recruited from the RCMP in 2009, Canada Post paid him a $15,000 signing bonus and a mortgage subsidy along with covering all his moving costs, a five per cent moving allowance and $6,000 for incidentals. They also bought his house in Truro, N.S., where he had been posted as an RCMP superintendent after 28 years with the national police force.
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