Courts may award punitive damages when an employer’s behavior towards an employee was “high-handed, malicious and reprehensible”. The purpose of awarding punitive damages is to punish the employer and deter similar future conduct.
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Employers are obligated to act in good faith and fair dealing in the course and manner with which they carry out employee dismissals. An employer’s Read More...
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The Supreme Court of Canada's highly anticipated decision on the appeal in Keays v. Honda Canada Inc essentially removes the ability of courts to awar Read More...
Inappropriate comments and ignoring a request for a Letter of Reference can result in a finding of bad faith against an employer, thereby increasing t Read More...
An employee is only able to recover damages for mental distress due to the breach of a contract if it can be shown that such damages were within the r Read More...
The 2008 ruling on the appeal of Honda Canada Inc. v. Keays provides clarification on damages for bad faith in the conduct of dismissal, the differenc Read More...
Little more then four months after the Supreme Court of Canada heard the appeal of Honda Canada Inc. v. Keays, the court’s decision was released. Th Read More...
