The British Columbia Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) has slashed its award in a contract dispute case involving a respite care worker after she admitted to returning to a previous job …
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Newspaper GM had no obligation to search for ‘lesser-paying job’ to fulfill duty to mitigate, Ontario Court of Appeal rules
The Ontario Court of Appeal has overturned a lower court ruling that a newspaper executive failed to mitigate her damages. The court said employees aren’t required to take a lesser …
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B.C. Supreme Court deducts CERB payments from notice period for former waterpark worker
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has deducted CERB benefits from the notice period in a recent ruling. Harold Frederiks was employed at Splashdown Waterparks from 2000 to 2016. A …
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Fired Scotiabank manager failed to mitigate her damages by not accepting offer to come back for 32 months as she negotiated return
Terminated employees have a duty to mitigate their damages by looking for and accepting new employment. That duty was put under the microscope in a fascinating case involving a Scotiabank …