Punitive Damages

A Royal Bank of Canada financial planner dismissed for cause has been awarded more than $2.5 million by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, which found the bank failed to… …

The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ordered a former company president to pay $100,000 in punitive damages and $137,067.43 in pre-judgment interest after finding he misappropriated more than $81… …

The Supreme Court of British Columbia has upheld a labour arbitrator’s authority to hear an employer’s defamation grievance against a union but ordered the British Columbia Labour Relations Board to …

A mining company failed to deliver shares owed to a senior employee under his employment contract and then engineered his departure through a deliberate marginalization campaign, the Ontario Superior Court… …

A B.C. Supreme Court has awarded a Vancouver restaurant server more than $90,000 after finding he was constructively dismissed when management pressured him to resign on his way to the… …

The Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board has ordered Transport Canada to pay a public servant compensatory, aggravated, and punitive damages after finding that a selection board acted… …

A former executive has won her appeal against Xos Services (Canada) after the Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled a settlement agreement worth more than $450,000 (U.S.) was binding despite… …

An Ontario Superior Court judge awarded nearly $60,000 in punitive damages against Oracle Canada after the company withheld a terminated employee’s statutory commission entitlements for eight months w… Free Membership …

A British Columbia Supreme Court has awarded $193,005 in damages to a long-serving office manager who was constructively dismissed when her employer failed to pay her wages during a governance… …

A B.C. restaurant that suspended an employee for a week without pay for alleged “gossiping” and then forced them to sign a disciplinary notice has been ordered to pay more… …