These clients want to know if they will be able to successfully sue their
employer for wrongful dismissal / wrongful termination if they are fired after refusing to carry out their employer's directions.
If it is not fair, or if there are
grounds for a wrongful dismissal case, I will evaluate this for you and help you navigate through further legal action as necessary.
Generally, workers are only entitled to damages (money)
for wrongful dismissal if they are fired without notice and the employer does not have a good reason to fire them.
Employee pension payments, including payments from a defined benefits plan, should generally not reduce the damages otherwise
payable for wrongful dismissal.
This breach allows then allows the employee to act as though he / she has been fired and seek damages
for wrongful dismissal as a result.
The award of $ 250,000 is very
high for a wrongful dismissal action but perhaps not unexpected given that this litigation is better described as a war.
I believe, however, that employment law claimants may be better served with individual
actions for wrongful dismissal, instead of joining a class action lawsuit.
Second, sometimes it may be prudent to accept a lump sum amount of money as compared to pushing for a larger amount of money by way of a
case for wrongful dismissal.
Failure to treat employees fairly and to carry out reasonable employment investigations may result in
claims for wrongful dismissal, unfair dismissal or discrimination.
In this case, the trial judge had to bear in mind that he had already increased the damages
for wrongful dismissal in accordance with Wallace v. United Grain Growers Ltd., [1997] 3 S.C.R. 701 for essentially the same conduct that attracted the punitive damage award.
A judge dismissed her civil
suit for wrongful dismissal and damages on the grounds that her employee record at the company included several reprimands and infractions, and said this:
When an employee successfully sues his or her
ex-employer for wrongful dismissal, the Court is then tasked with assessing the amount of notice which should have been provided to the employee.
However, Justice Truscott refused to award damages
for wrongful dismissal finding that she had not made any efforts to find alternative work after her dismissal because her husband's salary was sufficient to provide for the family.
He is highly sought
after for wrongful dismissal and other workplace legal disputes, including enforcement of restrictive covenants and post-employment obligations, workplace human rights, and administrative law and labour relations issues such as contract negotiation.
Because statutory minimums do not usually satisfy the definition of reasonable notice, the amount of notice could form the
basis for a wrongful dismissal claim.
Although each case must be individually examined when determining reasonable notice period, this case shows us that even short - term employees can be awarded a significant amount of money in reasonable notice
for wrongful dismissal due to Bardal factors, including the employee's age, his high level of responsibility, and the difficulty in finding a replacement position.
That case involved Paul Berger who, according to a timeline produced by the Senate minority staff of the Committee on Finance and the Committee of the Judiciary, was instrumental in the firing of Gary Aguirre, an SEC investigator who later
filed for wrongful dismissal and won a record award.
Mr. Arthur who is seeking
justice for wrongful dismissal and failure on the part of the bank to protect a whistleblower said he was unable to follow anti-money laundering rules when he accepted the cash because of the king's status.
Apart from the party and its General Secretary, the Plaintiff is also suing Vida Addae, the Deputy Treasurer, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Dr Karl Mark - Arhin, Mahdi Gibril, Emmanuel S. Zumakpe, the Director of Administration, and six
others for the wrongful dismissal.
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