by JPAK | Jun 26, 2024 | Articles, Employment Standards, Human Rights
Bill 190, also known as the Working for Workers Five Act, 2024, was introduced by the Ontario government in May 2024. If enacted, Bill 190 will amend provisions in the Employment Standards Act, 2020 (“ESA”), the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and the Workplace...
by JPAK | Jun 18, 2024 | Articles, Wrongful Dismissal
A case from the British Columbia Supreme Court, Klyn v. Pentax Canada Inc., 2024 BCSC 372, has reaffirmed the principle that bad faith conduct on the part of the employer may invalidate the termination provisions in an employee’s contract of employment. An earlier...
by JPAK | Jun 12, 2024 | Articles, Wrongful Dismissal
In May 2024, a case from the Ontario Court of Appeal reviewed the damages awarded to an employee in a wrongful dismissal suit and upheld that aggravated damages for mental distress were appropriate even without a diagnosed psychological injury. In Krmpotic v Thunder...
by JPAK | Aug 7, 2023 | Articles, Wrongful Dismissal
In Monterosso v. Metro Freightliner Hamilton Inc., 2023 ONCA 413, the Ontario Court of Appeal made the surprising decision that independent contractors who are terminated while performing a fixed term contract are subject to the duty to mitigate their damages....
by JPAK | Jul 24, 2023 | Articles, Wrongful Dismissal
In Teljeur v. Aurora Hotel Group 2023 ONSC 1324 the Ontario Superior Court of Justice awarded $15,000 in moral damages to the Plaintiff, John Teljeur, in addition to 7 months’ pay for wrongful dismissal. The award of moral damages was largely thanks to the contents of...
