Wrongful Dismissal Archives

$195,000 Claim Highlights Rampant Exploitation of Migrant Employees
June 9, 2011
Even in this developed nation with laws governing employment and labour, shocking abuses still occur. One of the most common areas of exploitation is Read More...

Employer Slammed for “Outrageous, Malicious” Wrongful Dismissal
May 25, 2011
In this day and age of employee rights, employers playing hardball with dismissed employees is still not uncommon. One long-time employee who later be Read More...

Party Revelry Opens Pandora’s Box of Harassment, Defamation and Wrongful Dismissal
April 26, 2011
Sexual harassment continues to be a minefield in the modern workplace. Read about how a law firm practising employment and labour relations law has be Read More...

Constructive Dismissal—When Resigning May Actually be Wrongful Dismissal
March 1, 2011
In constructive dismissal, an employee may be able to treat the employment contract as being at an end, which entitles the employee to notice from the Read More...

Salon Employee Terminated, Islamic Headscarf Still a Basis for Human Rights Abuse
February 22, 2011
Mehwish Ali, a 22-year-old esthetician, is seeking help from the Human Rights Legal Support Centre of Toronto (the “Centre”) after claiming she wa Read More...

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...

Reasonable Notice—What Constitutes “Reasonable”?
December 1, 2010
Statutory minimums provide only the legal minimums for the amount of notice an employee receives upon termination. Because common law often provides f Read More...

HRPA Live Webinar: Constructive Dismissal – Dead or Alive? October 26, 2010
October 26, 2010
Ron Minken spoke in a national webinar and discussed how constructive dismissal has been altered since the decision on Evans v. Teamsters Local Union Read More...

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