Companies that wish to avoid constructive dismissal claims need to be careful when initiating disciplinary actions for employees who fail to follow policy or protocol. These actions vary and can include verbal or written reprimands, suspension with or without pay,…
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Sample Cases The following are brief sketches of some of the employment law cases in Vancouver we have handled for employees who have been terminated from employment. These are cases where negotiation has failed and the client has instructed us…
When does expressing workplace dissatisfaction with one’s boss turn into just cause for dismissal? Two decisions of the BC Supreme Court issued 10 days apart tell us something about the answer. In the first case, the employee had verbally criticized…
Be careful when dipping a toe into these murky legal waters In all wrongful terminations, the onus of proving the fact that there has been a dismissal rests on the employee – which makes constructive dismissal a risky form of…
An employee may need to give reasonable notice before leaving, just as an employer may need to before dismissing Employment Issues: Robert Yeager The law is replete with cases where the employee, having had his or her employment terminated by…