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  • Termination of Employment Notice and Gavel
    Termination Clause Upheld – 2 years work, only 2 weeks wages! March 3, 2015, Comments Off on Termination Clause Upheld – 2 years work, only 2 weeks wages!

    In Shapka v. Interbase Consultants Ltd., the Court analyzed the termination clause contained in the employee’s contract of employment and determined that it was valid and enforceable.

  • Child Care – Employers Must Accommodate
    Mental Distress Damages Awarded by the WSIAT July 31, 2014, Comments Off on Mental Distress Damages Awarded by the WSIAT

    Recently the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal found the limits on chronic mental stress claims in the Workplace Safety Insurance Act to be contrary to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

  • Porter Airlines Sues Union for Defamation
    Porter Airlines Sues Union for Defamation June 13, 2013, Comments Off on Porter Airlines Sues Union for Defamation

    Porter Airlines has launched a $4 million libel lawsuit against the union representing 22 striking fuel workers for comments made on Twitter. Porter alleges the libellous comments against the airline were made by the strike co-ordinator on ...

  • Dismissed Employee - Police
    Dismissed Township Employee Gets Re-Trial of Malicious Prosecution Claim September 24, 2012, Comments Off on Dismissed Township Employee Gets Re-Trial of Malicious Prosecution Claim

    In Pate v. Township of Galway-Cavendish, the Ontario Court of Appeal reviewed the Trial Judge's decision of the dismissal of an employee's claim of malicious prosecution and the award of punitive damages arising from the termination of his ...

  • Canadian Employment Law Today -- Fired long term employee
    Fired long-term employee gets more than $800,000 September 20, 2012, Comments Off on Fired long-term employee gets more than $800,000

    Canadian Employment Law Today, Sept 2012 - Higginson v. Babine Forest Products Ltd. - A jury of the British Columbia Supreme Court has awarded an employee more than $800,000 in damages after he was terminated without notice after 34 years o ...

  • Court House Legislation
    Court of Appeal Affirms Employers’ Obligation to Pay Disability Benefits for Disability occurring after Termination July 24, 2012, Comments Off on Court of Appeal Affirms Employers’ Obligation to Pay Disability Benefits for Disability occurring after Termination

    In Brito v Canac Kitchens, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s decision that the employee be awarded damages for loss of disability benefits throughout the common law notice period.

  • Osgoode Hall Court of Appeal
    Starting a Competing Business — Think Twice July 12, 2012, Comments Off on Starting a Competing Business — Think Twice

    A funeral home brought an action against a newly formed competing funeral company for theft and misuse of confidential information, improper solicitation of clients, and unfair competition through false and misleading statements.

  • Man with head in his hands
    Honda All Over Again? July 12, 2011, Comments Off on Honda All Over Again?

    Read about how the reduction and removal of aggravated and punitive damages demonstrates continued confusion amongst Canadian courts.