Not exact matches
S.C), an appeal successfully argued
by Daniel A. Lublin, an Ontario Superior Court judge overturned a motion judge's finding that Mr. Hayes was unable to sue his
former employer, Peer 1 Network, for wrongful
dismissal, in an Ontario Court.
An Ontario judge recently punished an
employer by ordering it to pay $ 100,000.00 in punitive damages to its
former employee in addition to damages for wrongful
dismissal.
An
employer who alleges just cause in bad faith as a tactic to avoid providing the employee with a proper severance package may be ordered
by the court to pay punitive damages and / or moral damages for bad faith
dismissal in addition to wrongful
dismissal damages to the
former employee.
A British Columbia production supervisor has successfully sued his
former employer for wrongful
dismissal after he was laid off indefinitely, but the BC Supreme Court reduced the worker's damages
by half because the worker refused the
employer's offer of recall.
For example, a claim for discrimination in the workplace is not limited to being heard
by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (the «Tribunal») if the employee also has a wrongful
dismissal or tort claim against his or her
former employer.
Employment law (unreported): Defended an
employer in a Provincial Court action brought
by a
former employee seeking damages for wrongful
dismissal and elevated damages due to the manner of termination.
Indeed, the very designation of a claim for unfair
dismissal may engender the hope in claimants that the tribunal is there forensically to investigate the allegations made against him
by his
former employer in a way the disciplinary panel did not when determining whether his
dismissal was «unfair» or not.
The Sunday Times has reported Staveley has requested access to emails, letters and files she believes are held
by Richard Boath, a
former senior executive at the bank who has brought an unfair
dismissal claim against his
former employer.