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Can an Employee Stop an Employer from Hiring a Job Applicant?

Doug MacLeod — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 12:56:05 +0000

In a recent case, a female employee asked her employer not to hire a male executive because he had sexually harassed her when he had been employed earlier. The employer refused, the employee quit, and claimed, among other things, wrongful dismissal damages and punitive damages. This case deals with the conflict between an employer’s right to hire whomever it wishes and its obligation to provide…

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What kind of legal costs can I recover at court? Small Claims Court edition

Nadia Halum — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 17:38:29 +0000

The losing party in a court case usually pays some of the winning party’s costs, but the costs that can be recovered in Small Claims Court are significantly limited by the Rules of the Small Claims Court and the Courts of Justice Act. Despite these limits, a judge recently awarded a losing party to pay the winning party $15,000 in legal costs in a Small Claims Court action. The judge in that case…

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Employer Ordered to pay $ 425 000 of Wrongfully Terminated Employee’s Costs

Doug MacLeod — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 18:00:51 +0000

In many wrongful dismissal cases, the legal costs associated with taking a case to trial exceeds the value of the legal claim. That is why the vast majority of these cases settle before trial. Rolling the dice and taking a case to trial can have serious financial consequences. Doyle v. Zochem Incorporated Consider a recent case involving the termination of a 44-year-old female supervisor with 9…

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Legal Costs in Wrongful Dismissal Cases: Beware of Losing the Forest for the Trees

MacLeod Law Firm — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:42:48 +0000

Damages for Most Wrongfully Dismissed Employees are usually less than $ 50 000 Most terminated employees cannot prove more than $ 50 000 damages in a wrongful dismissal action. Why? Because a court will deduct any income the person earns during the notice period from the wrongful dismissal damages owing. For more information on wrongful dismissal law in Ontario, click here. Let’s say a 40 year old…

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