The Alberta Court has certified a class action lawsuit, allowing Alberta business owners to collectively sue the Alberta government.
Read More...Ron Minken & Tanya Sambi | Canadian HR Reporter, October 2022: HBC hit with moral, punitive damages after bad-faith treatment of employee
An employee was terminated for just cause for receiving over $500,000 in a kickback scheme and obtained punitive damages of $200,000.
While employers in Ontario have a right to terminate their employees, there is also a requirement that the termination is done in good faith. If emplo Read More...
In Strudwick v. Applied Consumer & Clinical Evaluations Inc., egregious conduct by an employer toward a disabled employee resulted in one of the highe Read More...
In Boucher v. Wal-Mart Canada Corp., the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld high compensatory damages and reduced but did not eliminate punitive damages a Read More...
Published online in Canadian Employment Law Today, Aug. 2013 - Nelson v. 977372 Ontario Inc. - Failure to comply with legal obligations in dismissing Read More...
In Nelson v. 977372 Ontario Inc. (c.o.b. as Insta Insulations) (“Nelson”), the employer was ordered to pay punitive damages to the employee in add Read More...