No one likes a bitter end, especially when it may cost $50,000: Employers beware of how you terminate an employee
Aggravated damages can be awarded to terminated employees if there has been a breach of the employer’s duty of good faith during the dismissal process. Recently, in Krmpotic v. Thunder Bay Electronics Limited, 2024 ONCA 332, the Court of Appeal for Ontario awarded an employee $50,000 in aggravated damages because the dismissal process was not carried out in an honest manner.
