Wrongful Dismissal

A fibre optic components manufacturer has been partially successful in blocking a wrongful dismissal lawsuit filed by a former senior legal counsel, with a workplace safety tribunal ruling that harass… …

An Alberta court has awarded a general manager 26 months’ notice and $1.5 million in damages after finding his termination was tantamount to forced retirement, marking a rare case where… …

An Alberta court has dismissed a wrongful dismissal lawsuit brought by a longtime employee of Environmental 360 Solutions Ltd. (E360), ruling she failed to withdraw a resignation submitted nearly a… …

A bingo hall employee in Saskatchewan has been ordered reinstated to his job after a labour board found he was terminated for his union activities, but the board denied his… …

A British Columbia Supreme Court has ordered an employer to pay 1.5 times the normal legal costs to a wrongfully dismissed employee after the company pursued “allegations of dishonourable conduct” …

An Ontario court has denied a company’s request to transfer a wrongful dismissal lawsuit from Hamilton to Toronto, ruling that the plaintiff’s choice of venue was reasonable given her childcare …

An elected president of an Indigenous government in British Columbia has been awarded more than $320,000 in damages after a court found he was constructively dismissed when the board suspended …

An Ontario court has refused to allow a wrongfully dismissed employee to examine a company CEO as a witness on the employer’s pending motion to substitute a different witness for …

A British Columbia Supreme Court has ruled that an employee’s ambiguous comment about retirement during a pandemic layoff did not constitute a clear resignation, awarding him six months’ pay after… …

An Ontario court has dismissed IBM Canada’s appeal to narrow the scope of age discrimination allegations in a wrongful dismissal case, allowing the plaintiff to pursue claims of systemic discriminatio… …