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In Gannon v. Kinsdale Carriers, 2024 ONSC 1060, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice denied common law reasonable notice to an employee who was wrongfully dismissed...
McMillan LLP
In Gannon v Kinsdale Carriers, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found that a terminated employee failed to mitigate by refusing to accept an offer of comparable employment, ...
Miller Titerle + Company
The recent Court of Appeal decision in Shalagin v. Mercer Celgar Limited Partnership, 2023 BCCA 373 ("Mercer") cautions employees about making surreptitious/secret recordings in the workplace.
Miller Thomson LLP
In Aldergrove Duty Free Shop Ltd. v. MacCallum, the British Columbia Court of Appeal ("BCCA") dismissed an appeal of the trial judge's decision that found the defence of frustration...
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Labour and Employment Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Canada, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries
Lenczner Slaght LLP
After a three-week trial, the Ontario Superior Court has held that the Royal Bank of Canada had after-acquired cause to terminate a senior banker, Aidan Mittra...
CCPartners
In Lagala v. Patene Building Supplies Ltd, 2024 ONSC 253 (CanLII), the employee was dismissed for cause and commenced a wrongful dismissal action against her former employer...
McLennan Ross LLP
On November 8, 2023, the Alberta Rules of Court Committee finalized an amendment to the Rules of Court, adding a new...
Cassels
In Lagala v. Patene Building Supplies Ltd.,1 the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a wrongful termination claim commenced by the former Health, Safety and Training Manager...
Nelligan Law
In Koshman v Controlex Corporation, 2023 ONSC 7045, Nelligan Law successfully represented engineer Martin Koshman against his former employer...
Goulart Workplace Lawyers
With the increase in remote and hybrid work arrangements, employers are increasingly being faced with situations where employees have taken on "side hustles" or "side gigs."
McMillan LLP
In Aldergrove Duty Free Shop Ltd. v. MacCallum, the British Columbia Court of Appeal reinforced that frustration of contract requires extraordinary circumstances.
MLT Aikins LLP
The recent move to increase the small claims monetary limit from $30,000 to $50,000 will come into effect in Saskatchewan on April 1, 2024.
Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP
Last week, the Superior Court of Justice (the "Court") dismissed a wrongful dismissal claim brought by a Health, Safety, and Training Manager whose employment...
Spring Law
During 2023, we saw the Ontario Court of Appeal uphold two decisions awarding notice periods beyond what was believed to be the "24-month cap" at 27 and 30 months respectively.
Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP
A new year brings a new employment law case! In a recent decision released on January 2, 2024, Boyer v Callidus, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice...
Miller Thomson LLP
If you have employees working in Canada, wrongful dismissal lawsuits likely represent your greatest area of liability exposure in relation to your employees.
CCPartners
2023 was an interesting year with the continuation of lingering COVID-19 issues as well as other exceptional decisions in the area of labour and employment law.
Turnpenny Milne
The length of an employee's service is a factor that goes into the assessment of how much notice of termination or pay in lieu of notice (ie. ‘severance') an employee is entitled to under the common law.
Lawson Lundell LLP
In the recent decision of Lefebvre v Gisborne Holdings Ltd., 2023 BCSC 2231, the BC Supreme Court (The Court) found that Gisborne Holdings Ltd. (the Employer)...