Wrongful Dismissal

December 19, 2002

Ho Ho! Hold the December Firings

Published in the National Post – December 19, 2002 Downsized. Right-sized. Laid-off. Let-go. Whichever words are used, there is never really a good time to lose […]
May 17, 2003

Sloppy Dismissal May Not Be Bad Faith

Domonic Gismondi worked for the City of Toronto for 20 years. Then came amalgamation. The City would be cutting back on the number of managers. Under […]
February 20, 2009

Forced to Return to Work After Being Wrongfully Dismissed: Evans v. Teamsters Local Union No. 31

2008 was not a banner year for employee rights in Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada issued four employment law decisions all of which sided in […]
March 8, 2009

Wrongful Dismissal: Punitive and Bad Faith Damages Scaled Back Dramatically: Keays v. Honda

In 2008, the fourth decision of the Supreme Court of Canada (as reviewed in this series of articles) was the most widely anticipated decision. Many employment […]