From: mark holand

To: PAYNE KEVIN

Cec: skyeisopsadm@cupe7000.ca; GILL NAVI; BCRTC LABOUR RELATIONS

Subject: RE: Final Response regarding Employment Status and Medical Leave — File 2026D316
Date: May 1, 2026 12:32:32 PM

Attachments: 2026-01-26-Austen Puder Email.pna

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R R ema 6 2 e Ple 0 en o

RE: Final Response regarding Employment Status and
Medical Leave — File 2026D316

To: Kevin Payne (KEVIN_PAYNE@BCRTC BC.CA)

CC: Navi Gill; CUPE 7000; prohibited_action@worksafebc.com

Subject: RE: Formal Notice of Premeditated Retaliation and Administrative
Bad Faith — File 2026D316

Dear Mr. Payne,

| am in receipt of your letter dated May 1, 2026. Your decision to label my
medically justified absence as "AWOL" and threaten my employment is a
documented escalation of the retaliatory conduct currently being
investigated under WorkSafeBC Prohibited Action File 2026D316.

| have attached the January 26, 2026, email from Austen Puder (Exhibit
A) to demonstrate that the Company’s current "medical compliance"
narrative is a pretext for a demotion plot that began months ago.

1. Your Personal Knowledge of the January 26 Removal Plot As shown
in Exhibit A, you were personally CC’ed on the email initiating my removal
from the training program for a "vexatious Work Refusal". This decision was
made within 72 hours of my safety report—before any technical noise
survey occurred or any medical evidence was gathered. Your participation
in this chain proves that you have been aware of the intent to demote me
since January; your current threats are a direct continuation of that plan.

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