Terminations Archives

Religious Organizations Fall Outside Courts’ Jurisdiction to Award Employment Related Damages
November 28, 2011
In Hart v. Roman Catholic Episcopal Corp. of the Diocese of Kingston, in Canada the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a Motion Judge’s decision that th Read More...

Duty to Mitigate: When Minimal Efforts Are Acceptable
November 1, 2011
In Systad v. Ray-Mont Logistics Canada Inc. the British Columbia Supreme Court found that an employee who underwent knee surgery two months after bein Read More...

Verbal Threat Considered Workplace Violence Resulting in Employee’s Termination — Bill 168
October 25, 2011
The first arbitration decision provides well needed insight into how the Bill 168 amendments are to function in the workplace and how they may be used Read More...

Repeated Verbal Harassment Results in Supervisor’s Termination for Cause
October 17, 2011
In Gillam v. Waschuk Pipe Line Construction Ltd. the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench found that the employer was justified in terminating the em Read More...

Employee’s Obligation to Mitigate May Be Removed Expressly or Implicitly
September 22, 2011
Does the obligation to mitigate still exist when an employee is terminated in accordance with an employment contract which provides for a certain amou Read More...

Court Rules Termination Due to Inability to Perform Duties Not Discrimination
August 23, 2011
When does the impeding of an employee’s personal life on their ability to perform employment duties justify termination? What is an employer’s dut Read More...

Employer’s Bad Conduct Costs Them Punitive Damages and Solicitor-Client Costs
August 11, 2011
Courts may award punitive damages when an employer’s behavior towards an employee was “high-handed, malicious and reprehensible”. The purpose of Read More...

Complete Working Notice Period or Risk Loss of Notice Entitlement
July 26, 2011
Short of constructive dismissal, an employee who is provided with working notice must complete the working notice period they are provided with, other Read More...

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