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- Ontario Employee Awarded Over $434,000 After 40 Years of Service
An Ontario employee who spent approximately 40 years working for the same employer was awarded $434,980 after the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found that he had been constructively dismissed. The employee received no notice or termination pay when he was initially told he was being temporarily … Read more »
- Ontario Employee Awarded $571,000 After Wrongful Dismissal and Bad Faith Conduct
An Ontario employee was awarded more than $571,000 after the court found that his former employer wrongfully dismissed him and engaged in serious bad faith conduct before and after his termination. In K. v. Controlex Corporation, 2023 ONSC 7045, the Ontario Superior Court awarded the employee 24 mon … Read more »
- Ontario Court Awards Punitive Damages After Employer Withholds ESA Minimums
In W. v. 1959612 Ontario Inc., 2024 ONSC 3452, an Ontario court found that an employment agreement’s termination clause was unenforceable because it violated the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA). The employee was therefore entitled to common law reasonable notice rather than the more limited pay … Read more »
- Ontario Court Confirms Employees Generally Have the Right to Compete After Leaving a Job
Employees sometimes worry that accepting a job with a competitor or starting their own business could lead to legal action from their former employer. In LivingArt Kitchens Inc. v. M., 2024 ONSC 3088, the Ontario Superior Court refused to grant a broad injunction that would have significantly restri … Read more »
- Terminated for Cause in Ontario? Employees Have the Right to See Workplace Complaints Used Against Them
When an employer terminates an employee for cause based on complaints from co-workers, does the employee have the right to know who made those complaints and exactly what was said? In J. v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank, 2024 ONSC 3853, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice confirmed that, in wrongful d … Read more »