Reducing Litigation Risk

Doug MacLeod — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:00:26 +0000

In a recent case, Pohl v. Hudson’s Bay Company, 2022 ONSC 5230 (CanLII),an employer was ordered to pay a long service employee the equivalent of about 3 years pay and contribute about $ 35 000 to his legal fees. Although this was a without cause termination case, it was anything but a simple case. It addressed some of the litigation risk inherent in wrongful dismissal litigation.

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Returning to School and Terminated Employees’ Duty to Mitigate

Hina Ghaus — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 18:33:46 +0000

How Does Returning to School Affect a Terminated Employee’s Duty to Mitigate? A terminated employee has a duty to mitigate his or her damages by looking for alternative employment. We are often asked questions like: Can an employee start her own business? Can he or she return to school or a retraining program? This blog addresses these questions. The General Principle Around Returning to…

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Reducing Litigation Risk

Returning to School and Terminated Employees’ Duty to Mitigate