Workplace Violence | MacLeod Law Firm https://macleodlawfirm.ca Employment & Labour Lawyers Tue, 16 Mar 2021 17:23:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://macleodlawfirm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-MacLeod-Law-Firm-icon-60x60.jpg Workplace 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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