Published Articles - Minken Employment Lawyers

Dismissed employee gets retrial of malicious prosecution claim
October 18, 2012
Canadian Employment Law Today, Oct. 2012 - Pate v. Galway-Cavendish & Harvey (Township) - Employee awarded more than $100,000 for bad treatment in dis Read More...

Fired long-term employee gets more than $800,000
September 20, 2012
Canadian Employment Law Today, Sept 2012 - Higginson v. Babine Forest Products Ltd. - A jury of the British Columbia Supreme Court has awarded an empl Read More...

No implied duty to mitigate: Court
August 2, 2012
Canadian Employment Law Today, July 2012 - Bowes v. Goss Power Products Ltd. - Terminated worker who found job after 2 weeks allowed to keep pay in li Read More...

No implied duty to mitigate: Court
August 2, 2012
Canadian HR Reporter, July 2012 - Bowes v. Goss Power Products Ltd. - Appeal court overturns ruling, says terminated worker who found job after only 2 Read More...

$20 million award upheld by appeal court
July 4, 2012
HR Matters - GasTOPS Ltd. v. Forsyth - Ontario’s highest court has upheld nearly $20 million in damages against four key workers who quit with only Read More...

26 weeks severance added to 54 weeks working notice
April 23, 2012
HR Matters - Mattiassi v. Hathro Management Partnership - The employee received 54 weeks of working notice - well in excess of all statutory payments Read More...

$19.6 million award against employees upheld
April 23, 2012
Canadian Employment Law Today, April 2012 - GasTOPS Ltd. v. Forsyth - Employees may owe more notice if they’re difficult to replace: Court

26 weeks severance added to 54 weeks working notice
April 10, 2012
Canadian Employment Law Today, April 2012 - Mattiassi v. Hathro Management Partnership - The Ontario Small Claims Court has reinforced the importance Read More...

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