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By Jeff Dutton, Dutton Employment Law | 4 Minutes Read December 20, 2017

Top 10 employment law cases of 2017

Here is a list of the cases which changed employment law in Canada in 2017 (in no particular order). Note that some of these cases are not yet published on CanLII and therefore, there is no link available.

Article by Jeff Dutton, Dutton Employment Law / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Payroll / damages, Dismissal, employment law, inconvenience damages, mental distress, mental health, sexual harassment, termination

By Vey Willetts LLP | 3 Minutes Read December 15, 2017

$750,000 in moral and punitive damages awarded to employee left to “twist in the wind”

At almost 100 pages, Galea is a hefty case with many facets not touched upon in the above summary. That said, it marks the latest in a trend of Ontario courts issuing ever higher awards for bad employer conduct in both dismissal and subsequent litigation.

Article by Vey Willetts LLP / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll / dismissal without cause, employment law, Galea v. Wal-Mart, mental distress, moral and punitive damages, notice and severance payments, termination, wrongful dismissal case

By Vey Willetts LLP | 4 Minutes Read October 13, 2017

Bad faith dismissals: is medical evidence required to prove damages?

The question of whether medical evidence is required to prove damages in bad faith dismissals is one that courts across Canada have struggled with for some time.  Welcome guidance was provided by the Supreme Court of Canada this past summer.

Article by Vey Willetts LLP / Employee Relations, Payroll / bad faith dismissals, bad faith termination, employment law, Lau v. Royal Bank of Canada, medical evidence, mental distress, Saadati v. Moorhead, termination

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