A beauty esthetician was awarded 10 months’ reasonable notice after being terminated without cause. It’s a textbook lesson in how not to present a worker with a new employment contract. …
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Can you quit without actually submitting a resignation letter? Yes, rules labour board
Is it possible to quit a job without actually submitting a resignation letter? The answer is yes, as a recent Nova Scotia Labour Board ruling underscores. In that case, a …
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Worker’s case that loss of truck amounted to constructive dismissal was ‘Ram tough’: Court
An HVAC technician in Ontario who lost use of a company-paid truck, including insurance and highway toll coverage for commuting, has won a constructive dismissal claim against his former employer. …
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Concrete plant GM was constructively dismissed when he was offered seasonal work as driver
If you’ve ever wondered what a clear-cut case of constructive dismissal looks like, you’ve come to the right place. The general manager of an Alberta concrete plant, earning $120,000 in …
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Executive chef didn’t have right recipe for constructive dismissal, rules B.C. Court
A chef at a remote back-country ski lodge in British Columbia was told not to come in to work and not talk to his team after returning from a medical …
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AccommodationConstructive DismissalFeatured
Loblaw justified in suspending worker without pay who refused to wear mask during pandemic
Grocery giant Loblaw acted reasonably when it suspended a worker in Calgary without pay for refusing to wear a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic, an Alberta court has ruled. Nor …
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Supreme Court rules employee entitled to $1 million bonus after constructive dismissal from Ocean Nutrition
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a constructively dismissed employee is entitled to damages representing an incentive bonus that would have been triggered during the reasonable notice period… …