Damages payable upon termination of employment may include
benefits during the reasonable notice period, including any bonuses and other incentives that would otherwise have fallen due during that period.
Not exact matches
Damages for dismissal without
reasonable notice are designed to compensate employees for the losses incurred
during the
period of
reasonable notice — the amount of wages and
benefits that they would have earned had they been permitted to serve out the
notice period.»
IBM took the position at trial that Waterman's pension
benefits should be deducted from the salary and
benefits otherwise payable
during the
reasonable notice period.
The Supreme Court of Canada reiterated in Honda Canada Inc. v. Keays, 4 at para. 32 that damages are confined to the loss suffered as a result of the employer's failure to give proper
notice of dismissal, measured by the loss of wages and salary, and other
benefits, that would have been earned
during the
reasonable notice period.
Many employers are unaware that because a dismissed employee is entitled to be made whole
during the
reasonable notice period the employer risks becoming the dismissed employee's de facto insurance provider if the employer unilaterally cancels the dismissed employee's insurance
benefits without the employee's consent
during the employee's
reasonable notice period.
The Motion Judge awarded Mr. Paquette 17 months» salary and
benefits, but refused to award an amount for loss of bonus payments
during the
reasonable notice period.
The employee will be entitled to a bonus, stock option or restrictive stock unit
benefit («variable compensation»)
during the employee's
reasonable notice period absent contractual terms to the contrary.
Employees and employers are entitled to negotiate employment contracts that do not provide for the continuation of
benefits or compensation (typically stock options, bonuses and pension contributions)
during the
reasonable notice period if the employee is dismissed without cause.
A dismissed employee is entitled to be made whole
during his or her
reasonable notice period.1 In other words, the employee's severance or termination package should include all the employee's compensation and
benefits (including any commission, bonuses, stock options, pension contributions and insurance
benefits) that the employee would have received had the employee remained actively employed
during the
notice period.
That is, the appellant took issue with the trial judge's finding that under the Employment Agreement the appellant was not entitled to compensation for the loss of the LTIP
benefits he would have earned
during a
period of
reasonable notice because the appellant was only entitled to severance pay, not the salary and other
benefits which would have flowed to him
during a
period of
reasonable notice.
Deducting the
benefits would provide the wrongfully terminated employee with exactly what he would have received had the employment contract been performed: an amount equal to his salary
during the
reasonable notice period and thereafter defined
benefits for the rest of his life.
The appellant had brought a motion for summary judgment to determine issues of
reasonable notice, loss of bonus for the 2016 year he had worked, loss of bonus
during notice period and loss of
benefits during notice period.
The appellant appeals the dismissal of his claim for his bonus and
benefits during the 17 - month
period of
reasonable notice.