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Showing posts with label Ottawa Decisions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ottawa Decisions. Show all posts
Sunday, 2 June 2024

Meritless Implication that Former Employee was Involved in Murder Results in $100,000 in Aggravated and Punitive Damages

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Can an employee be awarded aggravated damages for his employer’s bad behaviour if that bad behaviour precedes his termination? While for ...
Saturday, 25 February 2023

Just Cause Not Yet a Lost Cause. Deliberate Destruction of Company Property Proper Basis for Summary Dismissal: ONSC

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Is the intentional destruction of company property cause for termination of employment without notice? Does it meet the higher burden of s...
Saturday, 2 September 2017

Ontario’s Top Court Confirms that Employees May Sometimes be Required to Attend Medical Examination by Doctor of Employer’s Choosing

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(c) istock/vadimguzhva “The motion for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs fixed at $1,000.” With those thirteen simple words, Ontar...
Saturday, 15 July 2017

Beware the Innocuous Termination Provision

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(c) istock/miluxian It is often said that, “a magician never reveals his secrets.” If that is true, then it is a good thing that I am no...
Friday, 10 June 2016

Who’s the Boss? Determining One’s Employer at Ontario Law

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“Who's the Boss?” was an American sitcom created by Martin Cohan and Blake Hunter, which aired on ABC from September 20, 1984 to Apri...
Thursday, 26 February 2015

“Bridging” Employee to Retirement is an Inappropriate Method by which to Calculate Reasonable Notice says ONCA

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How are trial judges to calculate the amount of reasonable notice to which a suddenly unemployed employee is entitled? In yet another dec...