Violence | MacLeod Law Firm https://macleodlawfirm.ca Employment & Labour Lawyers Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:53:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://macleodlawfirm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-MacLeod-Law-Firm-icon-60x60.jpg Violence | MacLeod Law Firm https://macleodlawfirm.ca 32 32 Failure to Address Workplace Harassment Results in Aggravated Damages https://macleodlawfirm.ca/harassment-damages-awarded/ Mon, 03 Jun 2019 16:58:54 +0000 https://macleodlawfirm.ca/?p=218585 As we have written before, an employer may generally terminate an employee for any good business reason, as long as it provides the employee with adequate notice of termination (or pay in lieu of notice). Failure to provide adequate notice results in a wrongful dismissal. In addition to awarding damages for wrongful dismissal, courts have the authority to award “aggravated” or “moral” damages…

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]]> Increased Federal Protections Against Harassment and Violence https://macleodlawfirm.ca/harassment-violence/ Fri, 12 Oct 2018 16:18:11 +0000 http://www.macleodlawfirm.ca/employees/?p=4370 Increased Federal Protections Against Harassment and Violence The Federal government is consulting the public on changes to the Canada Labour Code (CLC) to increase protections against harassment and violence. Federally regulated employees, like those who work for banks, airlines, telecom or national transportation companies are covered by the CLC. The government proposes to set solid…

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