Focus on Canadian Cases Archives

Employee Reinstated after More than a Decade away from Workplace
July 5, 2016
In the case of Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board v Fair, the Ontario Court of Appeal has now ruled on what has turned out to be a very expensiv Read More...

Fixed-Term Contracts and Termination Clauses
May 31, 2016
In Howard v. Benson Group, the Court of Appeal found the Employer liable for the balance of their Sales Development Manager’s five-year term contrac Read More...

40 Months’ of Long Term Disability Benefits Due to Negligent Misrepresentation by Employer
April 14, 2016
In Feldstein v. 364 Northern Development Corp., the British Columbia Supreme Court determined that an employer negligently represented the details Read More...

Termination during a Probationary Period
April 7, 2016
In Nagribianko. v. Select Wine Merchants Ltd., the Divisional Court found a former employee was unfairly awarded damages by the lower court after bein Read More...

Exclusivity and the Dependent Contractor
March 10, 2016
In Keenan v Canac Kitchens Ltd., a Division of Kohler Ltd., the Court of Appeal upheld the 2015 determination the plaintiffs were dependent contractor Read More...

Settlement Upheld by Court Despite After Acquired Cause
December 8, 2015
In Dennis v. Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. the Ontario Superior Court of Justice enforced the terms of a termination without cause settlement betwe Read More...

Reinstatement of Employee After Almost a Decade and Over $400,000 in Back Pay and Damages
November 9, 2015
In Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board v. Fair, the Divisional Court of Ontario upheld the 2012 and 2013 Tribunal decisions to reinstate an emplo Read More...

No Credit to Employee for Prior Service Where Agreement Signed and Payment Provided
September 29, 2015
Hall v. Quicksilver Resources Canada Inc. - British Columbia Court of Appeal held that despite the agreement with the former employer not referring to Read More...

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