Sentences with phrase «employers alleging breach»

Former employers often file cases against former employees and their new employers alleging breach of non-competition covenants, and the Mavrick Law Firm has successfully defended the new business or new employer.

She sued her employers alleging a breach of PUWER 1998.

Fleming brought a lawsuit against the Employer alleging breach of an employment contract and employment discrimination over a disability in violation of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 («Act»).

Not exact matches

Given that the Court expressed its opinion that damages for a breach of the new tort not exceed $ 20,000 in most circumstances, employers will most likely see employees adding an alleged breach of privacy in applicable wrongful dismissal claims where litigation costs are already being expended.

Following issues on site the Employer issued a letter alleging that the Contractor was in breach of contract.

Where the matter is an alleged breach of contract, the employer must have committed an independent actionable wrong, such as (but not limited to) a breach of the duty of good faith described above, to be ordered to pay punitive damages.

The claimant brought a personal injury claim alleging that his employer had breached its duty of care towards him and / or had breached his employment contract which had caused his illness (depression) in its handling of a claim of sexual harassment against him.

In a fairly recent decision, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found in favour of the defendants on summary judgement, dismissing an action by the plaintiff - employer for alleged breach of a non-competition clause.

Obtained a $ 500,000 settlement for a former employee who alleged wrongful discharge and breach of contract to pay severance benefits against his former employer.

Specifically, the Union alleged that Vanderpol had breached sections 6 (1) and 6 (3)(d) of the Labour Relations Code, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 244 (the «Code»), which prohibit an employer from interfering with the formation, selection or administration of a trade union, and seeking to compel or induce an employee to refrain from becoming or continuing to be a member of a union.

In Eastwood v Magnox Electric plc [2004] UKHL 35, [2004] 3 All ER 991, the House of Lords seized upon the opportunity to recognise the validity of a claim for stress - related injury alleged to have been caused by a campaign on the part of an employer to demoralise the claimants before dismissing them in breach of duty of trust and confidence.

Successfully opposed an injunction motion brought by an employer against its former employees with respect to alleged breaches of various restrictive covenants.

It will be recalled that these cases concerned claims for open - ended contractual damages for alleged breaches of employment contracts by the employers in the way that the claimants were disciplined and dismissed.

Defended breach of fiduciary duty claim by corporation against its former CEO arising from CEO's alleged theft of corporate opportunity and establishment of competing business; after trial, CEO used profits from his new business to acquire his former employer

Legal proceedings were commenced with Guay Inc. alleging Mr. Payette breached the restrictive covenant embedded in the commercial agreement, while Mr. Payette argued the restraint of trade imposed by his former employer was unreasonable and unenforceable.

Background checks have the potential to give rise to claims for breach of human rights and privacy legislation, where an employer receives and is alleged to have acted upon information contained in the disclosure that is not directly related to the position at issue.