The Court of Appeal for Ontario has dismissed the notion put forth by an employer that, due to invalid termination clauses, its fixed-term employment agreement would merely entitle a former…
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Three former workers at TJ Construction Management awarded more than $320,000 for harassment, discrimination by CEO
Three former employees of TJ Construction Management have been awarded damages totaling more than $320,000 after the Human Rights Tribunal of Alberta ruled they had been subjected to gender-based harassment…
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Trucking company worker failed to mitigate damages by accepting job offer that owner helped arrange: Ontario court
“No good deed goes unpunished.” That’s how an Ontario judge described an attempt by the owner of a failed trucking company to help a long-serving worker land another job. Justice…
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Employment ContractsFeaturedWrongful Dismissal
New Brunswick court upholds $2 million award to hospital CEO who was fired by the Premier at a press conference
A court has upheld an adjudicator’s decision that awarded the former president and CEO of New Brunswick Horizon Health Network more than four year’s pay and $200,000 in aggravated damages…
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‘Not an employee’: Former Mississauga councillor loses bid to sue city for wrongful dismissal, breach of employment contract
Are elected city councillors employees of the municipalities they represent? That question was raised in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice by a former councillor who was suing the City…
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Engineer fired without cause via courier, accused of taking kickbacks and even potentially murder, awarded nearly $600,000
A 69-year-old professional engineer who was fired without notice via a courier-delivered letter and accused of possibly being involved in the death of the company’s founder has been awarded 24…
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Nova Scotia Labour Board upholds Boilermakers’ expulsion of apprentice who consumed 30 drinks, struck union official
A Nova Scotia union was justified in kicking a worker out of its apprenticeship training program and stripping him of his membership after he consumed more thank 30 alcoholic drinks…
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Former CIBC worker, who alleged discrimination for being a heterosexual man, loses human rights challenge
The Federal Court has refused an application for judicial review of a human rights ruling from a former CIBC worker who claimed he was discriminated against because he was a…
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FeaturedRecommendedWrongful Dismissal
‘Abusive, planned and deliberate’: B.C. court blasts China Southern Airlines’ conduct that tarnished worker’s reputation
China Southern Airlines (CSA) has been ordered to pay a fired worker more than $200,000 — including $35,000 in aggravated damages for mental distress and $75,000 in punitive damages by…
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Secret tapes in the workplace: Dismissal of senior analyst over covert recording upheld on appeal
In a case that has put the spotlight on the ethical implications of secretly recording workplace conversations, a former senior financial analyst at Mercer Celgar Limited Partnership, a pulp and…
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