An Alberta worker who introduced fabricated documents during a wrongful dismissal trial has been ordered to pay his former employer more than $492,000 in costs, after the Court of King’s… …
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PREMIUM Lower-paying replacement work still counts toward mitigation, Ontario Court of Appeal rules
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has partly allowed an appeal by Brandt Tractor, reducing a wrongful dismissal damages award after finding the trial judge wrongly refused to deduct the… …
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PREMIUM Eight workers win age discrimination suit after Ontario plant relocated without notice
Eight manufacturing workers have been awarded damages for wrongful dismissal and age discrimination after their employer closed a facility and relocated it more than 100 kilometres away without notice, the… …
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OPSEU Pension Trust ordered to allow former head of HR to testify in wrongful dismissal case
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has granted a wrongful dismissal plaintiff the right to examine a former head of human resources at OPSEU Pension Trust, overcoming a non-disclosure agreement …
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Hard-boiled ruling: Ontario egg worker wrongfully fired, but won’t get his job back
A long-serving press operator at an Ontario egg packaging plant was wrongfully dismissed, but will not get his job back, a labour arbitrator has ruled, citing the worker’s refusal to …
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PREMIUM Project manager at bridge company wins five weeks’ pay after being fired while on probation
A bridge components company failed to follow its own employment contract when it dismissed a project manager without providing termination pay, the Ontario Labour Relations Board has found, ordering the… …
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A British Columbia physician who provided all of his services remotely from his private residence was wrongfully terminated when a regional health authority ended his service contract after he refused… …
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A Syrian refugee who worked at a British Columbia childcare centre and alleged he was paid less than his female coworkers, had wages withheld after his termination, and was fired …
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He rescinded his resignation. Four months later, his employer tried to accept it
A Saskatchewan man who spent nearly 25 years working his way from apprentice mechanic to service manager was wrongfully dismissed when his employer sent him a letter four months after …
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No costs awarded after pharmaceuticals worker’s wrongful dismissal motion settles on consent
An Ontario court has ordered each party to bear its own legal costs following the settlement of a motion brought by a pharmaceutical company seeking the return of confidential emails …