Wrongful Dismissal

The B.C. Supreme Court has struck portions of a wrongful dismissal claim for failing to plead material facts, but granted the plaintiff leave to amend the pleadings. The employer, Wainbee …

An Ontario Superior Court judge has struck claims against two directors of Nickel 28 Capital Corp. who were sued personally by former executives alleging wrongful dismissal, finding the plaintiffs fai… …

An Ontario tech executive who continued working for nine months without pay during a shareholder dispute has been awarded only two weeks’ termination pay, after a labour board found he… …

A Prince Edward Island court has granted a former municipal executive permission to amend his statement of claim to include wrongful dismissal allegations, despite the claim being filed four months …

An Ontario Superior Court judge has dismissed the City of London’s appeal of an order requiring it to produce a second corporate representative for discovery in a wrongful dismissal case …

An Ontario court has ruled that a long-service employee who intentionally concealed his new job from his former employer for four months breached their settlement agreement but did not repudiate… …

A British Columbia pharmacy has been ordered to pay $150,000 in damages after wrongfully dismissing a 77-year-old front store manager who had worked at the business for 45 years. The… …

An Ontario court has struck a meat packing company’s counterclaim against a former sales director accused of downloading confidential files, finding the pleadings lacked sufficient material facts but allowing the… …

An Ontario judge has ordered mediation in a wrongful dismissal case to proceed by videoconference, ruling that there was insufficient evidence to demonstrate that an in-person meeting would be more …

A British Columbia employee who declined to return to work following the suspension of the employer’s COVID-19 vaccination policy must repay more than $4,000 in parental leave benefits, the Civil …