In most wrongful dismissal cases, while the Courts recognize that termination has a significant impact on an employee’s well-being, employers are permitted to terminate employees without attracting aggravated or punitive damages. However, employees may be entitled to these additional damages where the employer engages in misconduct or bad faith during the termination process. Ruston v. […]
The High Bar for Just Cause Termination of Employment in Ontario: Illegal Downloading of Copyrighted Material Doesn’t Meet the Test
Earlier this year the Ontario Superior Court of Justice heard the case of Menard v. The Centre for International Governance Innovation where an employer discovered that its former employee had been using his work computer to download a considerable volume of TV shows, movies and music. The employee had been using a peer-to-peer software program […]
