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How to Quantify Damages for a Union Employee When Reinstatement is Inappropriate

by Hina Ghaus | Mar 6, 2019 | For Employers

An arbitrator who upholds a grievance can reinstate the employee, or order the employer to pay the employee damages. In a 2018 arbitration case, Arbitrator Surdykowksi decided how to calculate damages for an employee who was not reinstated. Facts Dr. Bernard was a...

What’s New at the MacLeod Law Firm

by Doug MacLeod | Mar 5, 2019 | For Employers

New Website I am pleased to inform you that we have updated our website. You can check it out by clicking here. Nominated as Top Labour & Employment Law Firm For the second year in a row, the MacLeod Law Firm has been nominated as top Canadian labour and...

A Disciplinary Record: Not Enough To Justify A Just Cause Termination

by Fiona Martyn | Mar 5, 2019 | For Employees

Just cause terminations are considered the capital punishment of employment law by some judges. A just cause termination is the worst possible outcome for an employee because it not only means that you will not receive termination pay but generally you will also be...

30 months and counting

by Nadia Halum | Feb 11, 2019 | For Employers

As we have written before, a wrongful dismissal occurs when an employee is terminated without just cause and the employer does not provide adequate notice of termination. An employee can claim damages equal to the remuneration the employee would have earned during the...

Temporary Layoff Update: Can An Employee Refuse a Recall?

by Doug MacLeod | Feb 5, 2019 | For Employers

Contrary to popular belief, a temporary layoff usually constitutes a wrongful dismissal which requires an employer to pay the laid off employee termination pay. This general rule does not apply in all situations such as when your employment contract states that the...

Arbitration Update: Employee with an Addiction Who Stole Narcotics is Reinstated

by Hina Ghaus | Feb 5, 2019 | For Employers

In a 2019 arbitration case, a Registered Nurse who was terminated for stealing narcotics and falsifying records was ordered reinstated to her job at a nursing home and awarded compensation because the nurse had a disability. The nurse and her union acknowledged that...

Wrongful Dismissal: All You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask

by Doug MacLeod | Jan 22, 2019 | For Employees

What Is A Wrongful Dismissal? If an employer does not provide you with adequate notice of termination, or pay instead of notice, then you have been wrongfully dismissed. In most cases, employers provide no notice of termination; you are called into a meeting and told...

Wrongful Dismissal Update: Recent Case Law Increases Legal Uncertainty

by Doug MacLeod | Jan 8, 2019 | For Employers

Recently, it has become increasingly difficult for employment lawyers to assess an employer’s potential legal liability in connection with an employee termination. The law is pretty straightforward but predicting how a judge will apply the law to a specific...

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How to Quantify Damages for a Union Employee When Reinstatement is Inappropriate

What’s New at the MacLeod Law Firm

A Disciplinary Record: Not Enough To Justify A Just Cause Termination

30 months and counting

Temporary Layoff Update: Can An Employee Refuse a Recall?

Arbitration Update: Employee with an Addiction Who Stole Narcotics is Reinstated

Wrongful Dismissal: All You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask

Wrongful Dismissal Update: Recent Case Law Increases Legal Uncertainty

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