In November of 2010 I was asked to present at the
annual Carleton County Law Association's annual civil litigators conference on
the topic of workplace burnout. Although
my full paper can be found here, this
post will focus on the issue of adding tort damages to a claim for wrongful
dismissal in Ontario.
The most exciting, some have said “sexy”, but no
doubt controversial part of employment law as of late has been whether or not
significant tort damages can result from wrongful dismissal. An excellent summary of the law is found in Elgert v. Home Hardware Stores Limited, 2010 ABQB 65.
