A truck driver who spent more than eight years hauling bread deliveries for an Alberta trucking company was an employee, not an independent contractor, and was fired without notice rather …
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The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has dismissed a motion by Sleep Country Canada to strike a former employee’s wrongful dismissal action from the trial list, but ordered the self-represented …
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PREMIUM Court upholds Bison Transport firing of driver over failed drug tests
A long-haul truck driver who failed a second random drug test lost his wrongful dismissal claim against Bison Transport, after the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found the company had… …
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Yukon court strikes parts of fired worker’s claim against First Nation
A former communications officer can pursue a wrongful dismissal claim against a Yukon First Nation but not a constructive dismissal claim, after the Supreme Court of Yukon struck several allegations …
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PREMIUM B.C. court dismisses Investors Group consultant’s wrongful dismissal claim, counterclaim
A British Columbia judge has dismissed a wrongful dismissal claim brought by a long-serving Investors Group investment consultant, finding the company had just cause to end his 27-year career based… …
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Worker’s $121K payout counts as earnings for EI purposes, appeal tribunal rules
A former municipal employee has lost his bid to overturn a ruling that a $121,382 payment from his ex-employer counts as earnings for employment insurance purposes, after the Social Security …
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B.C. court stays accountant’s dismissal claim against AirCFO, says Ohio is proper forum
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has stayed a wrongful dismissal action brought by a British Columbia accountant against a U.S.-based company, finding the court lacked jurisdiction and that Ohio …
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PREMIUM Goeasy executive awarded eight months’ notice, bonus and equity
A senior vice-president dismissed without cause from financial services company Goeasy is entitled to eight months’ reasonable notice, his bonus, and the value of vested and unvested equity, the Ontario… …
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Court limits financial disclosure in United Wire & Cable wrongful dismissal suit
The Superior Court of Justice in Ontario has refused a former general manager’s bid for a broad set of his former employer’s financial records, finding the request disproportionate at the …
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A real estate salesperson who said she spent 17 years working as the employee of a colleague at the same Re/Max brokerage has lost her bid for wrongful dismissal damages, …

