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Posts Tagged ‘Honda Canada Inc. v Keays’

Widespread confusion on how courts determine the amount of notice of dismissal

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

As I and others have frequently commented, there is widespread confusion and misunderstanding regarding how our courts determine the amount of notice of dismissal (sometimes referred to as “severance”) an employee is entitled to. The recent decision of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench in Coppola v. Capital Pontiac Buick Cadillac GMC Ltd. provides a fairly thorough analysis.

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Tags: amount of notice of dismissal, Bardal v. The Globe & Mail Ltd., Coppola v. Capital Pontiac Buick Cadillac GMC Ltd., Dismissal, employment law, Hall v. Canadian Corporate Management Co., Honda Canada Inc. v Keays, Issacs v. MHG International Ltd., length of notice period, length of notice requirements, length of service, lengthier notice periods, McNevan v. AmeriCredit Corp, notice of dismissal, period of reasonable notice, reasonable notice, reasonable notice of termination, severance, termination
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Update on damages arising out of bad faith in the course of dismissal: Soost v. Merrill Lynch Canada Inc.

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

The Court of Appeal in Alberta has just ruled that there was no basis to award “The Damages Formerly Known as Wallace” in Soost v. Merrill Lynch Canada Inc., dramatically reducing the value of the award.

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Tags: bad faith, bad faith damages, canadian employment law, Court of Appeal in Alberta, damages arising out of bad faith in the course of dismissal, Dismissal, employment law, Honda Canada Inc. v Keays, just cause for dismissal, moral damages, punitive damages, Soost v. Merrill Lynch Canada Inc., terminations, The Damages Formerly Known as Wallace, Wallace damages, wrongful dismissal, wrongful dismissal claim
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