The employees brought successful actions against the bank
for breach of their employment contracts.
He sued
for breach of the employment contract and constructive dismissal.
An action is brought for damages
for breach of the employment contract.
An action for damages
for breach of the employment contract is probably not an adequate remedy.
Not exact matches
It's a concept grounded in
contract law, i.e.
for a claim to succeed, the employee must show that their employer's conduct was so bad (what's called a repudiatory
breach of contract) that it destroyed the
employment contract, thus entitling them to resign.
To successfully claim
for constructive dismissal, you must be able to show that your
employment contract has been
breached in such a way that had the effect
of making your position untenable.
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As in the instant case, the plaintiff there alleged that the individual defendant obtained certain trade secrets during his
employment with plaintiff, then in
breach of a confidentiality agreement that was part
of his
employment contract, misappropriated that information when he went to work
for the defendant JPS.
With the rare experience
of helping entertainment companies plan and orchestrate concerts and festivals across the U.S. and around the globe, John built the model
for a practice group that caters to live music festivals and similar events, with a «soup to nuts» suite
of legal services spanning complicated personal injury litigation, construction, bid protests,
breach of contract, Dram Shop laws,
employment, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and more.
[16]... Damages
for wrongful dismissal operate to compensate an employee
for the employer's
breach of the implied obligation in the
employment contract to give reasonable notice
of an intention to terminate the relationship in the absence
of just cause.
However, where an employer prematurely claims frustration
of the
employment contract and terminates the
employment relationship on that basis, the employee will be found to have been wrongfully dismissed, and will be entitled to common law reasonable notice as well as damages
for a
breach of the Code.
Defending technology company and its board
of directors in multimillion dollar PA state court action brought by founder / consultant / shareholder alleging claims
for breach of fiduciary duty,
breach of contract, and rescission; prosecuting action in NJ federal court on behalf
of executive terminated in
breach of his
employment agreement; defending companies and their majority owners in numerous state court actions throughout NY and NJ alleging
breach of contract and fraud; defending company in connection with DOL investigation regarding misclassification
of employees; defending health - tech entrepreneur in connection with DOL investigation regarding unemployment insurance fraud; counseling global company and its US subsidiary in connection with various
employment law matters; and negotiating numerous separation agreements.
In this case «protective» proceedings
for unfair dismissal,
breach of contract and sex discrimination had been issued in the
employment tribunal (ET) and then stayed pending determination
of the application
for judicial review.
He did not pursue a claim
for unfair dismissal against the university (he had less than a year's continuous
employment), but brought a claim against Swindon College
for negligent misstatement and
breach of contract.
Termination
of the
employment of the owner manager other than
for a material
breach of his
employment contract.
«As I understand counsel
for the respondent in this Court, he was
of the view that the company could not relocate its business to the financial detriment
of the respondent without creating a fundamental
breach of its
contract of employment.
Termination
of the
employment of the owner manager
for a material
breach of his
employment contract.
The trial judge, and later the New Brunswick Court
of Appeal, erred by failing to apply the first test
for constructive dismissal, which is whether the employer's action constitutes a
breach of the
employment contract, Wagner wrote.
On the plaintiff side, we represent employers bringing claims
for all types
of breaches of employment contracts, including violations
of noncompete agreements, nonsolicitation agreements and relocation agreements.
After affirming the trial judge's decision that Mr. Allen was actually terminated on October 14, 2009, the Court
of Appeal
for British Columbia cited with approval the decision
of Bowes v. Goss Power Products Ltd., 2012 ONCA 425, (canvassed by this blog in the post Fix the Duty to Mitigate) in which the Court
of Appeal
for Ontario held that if an
employment contract provides
for a fixed severance package there is no duty on the employee to mitigate his damages, and held that as Mr. Allen's
employment agreement did not impose a duty to mitigate, the trial judge properly found he was therefore entitled to the balance owing
for 15 months» salary and benefits in lieu
of notice as damages
for breach of contract.
For the purposes
of a wrongful dismissal action, the
employment contract is
breached when the employer dismisses the employee without reasonable notice
Amy was junior counsel in Ranson v Customer Systems plc [2012] EWCA Civ 841 (an
employment dispute before the Court
of Appeal regarding a claim
for breach of contract, fiduciary duty and restrictive covenant).
The plaintiff claims $ 25,000
for damages
for wrongful dismissal and
breach of the
employment contract.
Julie focuses on
employment litigation, and regularly defends employers in judicial, arbitration, and administrative proceedings involving claims
for discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation (including Sarbanes - Oxley whistleblower claims), defamation, invasion
of privacy, violation
of federal and state leave laws, and
breach of contract.
Hawkins v Atex Group Limited Acting
for the former CEO
of a digital media company on both an unfair prejudice petition and claims against him
for breach of fiduciary duty and
breach of his
contract of employment (with David Chivers QC).
Where an employer fails to do so, the suspension will be viewed as an unauthorized
breach of the
employment contract, amounting to «constructive dismissal»
of the employee, who can then sue the former employer
for compensation.
The trial judge found that although there had been some diminishment
of the plaintiff's responsibilities in that he no longer directly supervised any employees or had responsibility
for an operations budget, the diminishment was not enough to constitute a fundamental
breach of his
employment contract.
He works
for clients involved with discrimination, harassment, retaliation, medical leave, wage and hour disputes, defamation, wrongful discharge,
breach of contract, civil rights claims, and
employment - related torts.
Where there is evidence that an employee may have committed a serious
breach of his or her
employment contract or may be guilty
of gross misconduct, it may be possible
for the company to terminate that person's
employment with immediate effect.
Copyright infringement and
breach of contract claims brought by the graphic design firm LimeCoral against
employment website operator CareerBuilder were properly dismissed by the federal district court in Chicago, the U.S. Court
of Appeals
for the Seventh Circuit has decided
Pulina acts
for employers in the defense
of employment and data privacy claims, including
for unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing,
breach of data processing, and
employment contract claims.
For example, if your company's employee handbook states that employees who are terminated will receive severance according to a formula based on the employee's years
of service, and your company does not pay you the correct amount
of severance, our
employment attorneys may be able to file a
breach of contract claim on your behalf seeking the unpaid compensation.
Some
of the most common are wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, violations
of the Family Medical Leave Act, violations
of the Fair
Employment and Housing Act, Violations of the California Family Rights Act, privacy breaches (e.g. disclosure of a medical condition to someone who did not need to know), contract breaches, unfair bargaining and / or union and labor law disputes, unpaid wages, unpaid overtime, failure to pay minimum wage for all hours worked, failure to provide proper pay stubs, failure to pay for unused vacation days upon resignation or termination, failure to pay for all hours worked within 72 hours of quitting, failure to pay for all hours worked immediately upon leaving when the employee gives fair notice or resignation to the employer, failure to keep adequate records, failure to produce employment records upon request, failure to provide wage and pay information upon hiring, misclassification of an hourly employee as an exempt employee, misclassification of an hourly employee as an independent contractor, work place bullying, sexual harassment, disparate impact, disparate treatment, class actions for failure to pay wages and over time, class actions for failure to provide meal and rest breaks, and class actions for failure to reimburse employees for
Employment and Housing Act, Violations
of the California Family Rights Act, privacy
breaches (e.g. disclosure
of a medical condition to someone who did not need to know),
contract breaches, unfair bargaining and / or union and labor law disputes, unpaid wages, unpaid overtime, failure to pay minimum wage
for all hours worked, failure to provide proper pay stubs, failure to pay
for unused vacation days upon resignation or termination, failure to pay
for all hours worked within 72 hours
of quitting, failure to pay
for all hours worked immediately upon leaving when the employee gives fair notice or resignation to the employer, failure to keep adequate records, failure to produce
employment records upon request, failure to provide wage and pay information upon hiring, misclassification of an hourly employee as an exempt employee, misclassification of an hourly employee as an independent contractor, work place bullying, sexual harassment, disparate impact, disparate treatment, class actions for failure to pay wages and over time, class actions for failure to provide meal and rest breaks, and class actions for failure to reimburse employees for
employment records upon request, failure to provide wage and pay information upon hiring, misclassification
of an hourly employee as an exempt employee, misclassification
of an hourly employee as an independent contractor, work place bullying, sexual harassment, disparate impact, disparate treatment, class actions
for failure to pay wages and over time, class actions
for failure to provide meal and rest breaks, and class actions
for failure to reimburse employees
for expenses.
The majority stressed that the right to terminate on reasonable notice is an implied term — and not the
breach —
of an
employment agreement, and therefore payment in lieu
of notice is not damages
for breach of contract, but is part
of the compensation contemplated by the
contract.
David has acted
for clients in a wide range
of disputes, including shareholder and partnership disputes, securities litigation, class action defence, proceedings under the Competition Act,
employment law disputes,
contract disputes,
breach of confidence / intellectual property disputes, fidelity bond claims, and professional negligence claims.
This is illustrated in Gichuru v. Smith, 2010 BCCA 35, a case where a plaintiff, upon having his articling student
employment with a law firm terminated, sued a law corporation and its principal
for breach of fiduciary duty and
contract, seeking compensatory and punitive damages.
Badly handled disciplinary procedures and issues result in many
employment tribunal claims every year including
for breach of contract, unfair dismissal and discrimination.
Justice Glithero found that the termination clause
breached the ESA writing «[b] oth Machtinger at para. 26 and s. 5 (1)
of the ESA make any provisions that attempt to
contract out
of minimum
employment standards, by providing
for lesser benefits than those legislated as minimums, «null and void»».
Rather, it is
for common law
contract damages as compensation
for the [benefits] the [employee] would have earned had the [employer] not
breached the
contract of employment.
San Francisco's
employment group has tried and arbitrated a wide variety
of disputes under state and federal
employment law, including claims
for wrongful termination, discrimination, wage and hour, ERISA, sexual harassment, defamation,
breach of contract and other related claims.
Trial counsel
for private equity firm in successful arbitration involving
breach of contract and
employment claims.
For a long time, Canadian courts did not recognize damages for mental anguish, as it was not something that could be claimed under breach of contract, especially if due notice was given in employment cas
For a long time, Canadian courts did not recognize damages
for mental anguish, as it was not something that could be claimed under breach of contract, especially if due notice was given in employment cas
for mental anguish, as it was not something that could be claimed under
breach of contract, especially if due notice was given in
employment cases.
This formulation represents the traditional version
of the tort which imposes liability upon a defendant
for inducing
breach by a plaintiff's promisor, such as when a defendant intentionally and without justification induces a plaintiff's employee to
breach an
employment contract and come to work
for that defendant.
Damages
for wrongful dismissal are not payable in priority to other expenses pursuant to the Insolvency Act 1986, Sch B1, para 99 (4) to (6), since a payment in respect
of the period after the date
of termination
of employment can not amount to «wages» but rather is a payment by the employer on account
of the employee's claim
for damages
for breach of contract.
The
employment judge at first instance found that the employer had reasonably believed that the
contract became illegal with the expiry
of the passport, and so the claimant could not enforce her claim
for breach of contract.
While such addictions amount to illness, an employer does not have to tolerate
breaches of the terms
of employment contracts, and a dismissal
of a drunk employee would be
for such
breach, and not
for the underlying condition.
Examples
of such cases are Chandler v Cape Plc [2011] EWHC 951 (QB)(liability
of non-employer
for exposure to asbestos), Kynixa Ltd v Hynes and others [2008] EWHC 1495 (QB)(claims arising from alleged
breaches of restrictive covenants in
employment contracts), Romantiek BVBA v Simms [2008] EWHC 3099 (QB) a claim alleging that a public official had committed the tort
of misfeasance in public office when discharging a licensing function, OOO and others v The Commissioner
of Police
for the Metropolis [20011] EWHC 1246 (QB)(claims by young foreign females that they had been trafficked into the UK by foreign nationals
for the purpose
of slavery and that officers
of the Metropolitan Police Force
breached their human rights in failing to investigate their complaints adequately or at all) and Mouncher and others v The Chief Constable
of South Wales Police [2016] EWHC 1367 (QB)(claims by retired and serving police officers
for false imprisonment, misfeasance in public office and malicious prosecution against South Wales Police arising from an investigation by officers
of that force into alleged criminal conduct on the part
of the claimants during the course
of an investigation into a notorious murder in South Wales.
During this time, Lowenstein partners spent significant time billing
for preparation
of a Complaint in the
employment breach of contract case, even though the EEA had a clear arbitration clause, a preliminary issue that any fresh - out -
of - law - school associate would be able to easily identify with a cursory review.
He also specialises in
employment law, acting
for both employers and employees and has extensive experience in contentious and non-contentious matters, including advising on restrictive covenants and their enforcement, business transfers and their consequences in terms
of employment and handling claims
for breach of contract.
This includes charges before the EEOC and state fair
employment practice agencies; wrongful termination, discharge,
employment discrimination, wage / hour, wrongful discharge and
breach of contract claims in federal and state courts; prosecuting and defending claims
for enforcement
of non-competition agreements and trade secret rights; and arbitrations under
employment and collective bargaining agreements.