Another case upholds CERB as a reduction of wrongful dismissal damages
Cases from Western Canada seem to support the proposition that CERB payments are deductible while the older cases from Eastern Canada tend to go the other way.
Canada Emergency Response Benefit CERB
BCSC says that CERB is deductible from wrongful dismissal damages
In Reotech Construction Ltd. v. Snider, BCSC 317, Justice Fleming, sitting on appeal from a decision of the Provincial Court, found that the trial judge erred when the Court failed to deduct the $9,000 CERB payment received by the Plaintiff from the damage award.
The impact of the pandemic on termination entitlements
As the pandemic continues, and as we see more court decisions that analyze terminations that took place during the pandemic, we are gaining some clarity on how courts are viewing the impact the pandemic has had on a variety of factors.
