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April 1, 2011

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 failure to fulfill this obligation may result in the employee being awarded damages for bad faith and unfair dealing.

Mitigation – the Duty of Every Wrongfully Dismissed Employee

January 1, 2011

What a former employee chooses to do after being dismissed is a personal matter. However, if the employee later files a claim for wrongful or construc Read More...

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Wrongful Dismissal—What Makes it Wrong?

July 1, 2010

Employment terminations are common in the modern workplace. But what constitutes wrongful dismissal in Canada?

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Bad Faith, Unfair Dealing and Conduct of Dismissal

Mitigation – the Duty of Every Wrongfully Dismissed Employee

Wrongful Dismissal—What Makes it Wrong?