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Andrew Taillon

About Andrew Taillon

Andrew Taillon was a lawyer in Cox & Palmer‘s Halifax office. He practiced mainly in labour, employment and litigation. Now he is a Barrister & Solicitor at Nova Scotia Department of Justice.

By Andrew Taillon | 3 Minutes Read March 26, 2012

Making your employee handbook enforceable

A regular issue for employers is whether the provisions in their employee handbook are enforceable in the same manner as an employment contract. Many employers are surprised to find that they are not...

Article by Andrew Taillon / Employee Relations, Employment Standards / consideration, employee handbook, employment contracts, employment law, enforceable, invalid contract, Job abandonment, layoff, McLean vs. The Raywal Limited Partnership, policy manual, promotion, sufficiency on consideration, termination, terminations, wrongfully dismissed

By Andrew Taillon | 3 Minutes Read February 23, 2012

Constructive dismissal part 2: everything has its limits

Constructive dismissal, while still a source of concern for employers, is likely less of a threat than it is sometimes thought of. Employees placed in potential constructive dismissal suits must be very careful, or else they may find they have very limited recovery. However, an employer in British Columbia has attempted to push the weaknesses of constructive dismissal to the extreme. In fact it appears to have tried to push the concept farther than it can reasonably bear.

Article by Andrew Taillon / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll / Allen v. Ainsworth Lumber Company, common-law notice period, constructive dismissal, contractual notice period, employment contracts, employment law, mitigation, termination, termination notice, working notice

By Andrew Taillon | 3 Minutes Read January 20, 2012

The debate over moral damages continues

Since Honda v. Keays, employment law and human resources practitioners have been watching how the law regarding bad faith dismissals has developed, in particular, the assessment of moral damages. A recently published decision has added some clarity to the moral damages question. The case, Canada (Attorney General) v. Tipple (2011) dealt with the well known case of Douglas Tipple.

Article by Andrew Taillon / Employee Relations, Employment Standards / bad faith, bad faith dismissals, bad faith termination, Canada (Attorney General) v. Tipple (2011), Douglas Tipple, employment law, grievance, Honda damages, Honda v. Keays, mental health effects, misleading and unduly insensitive, moral damages, psychological injury, reprisal, termination, workplace investigations

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