Tag Archives: mitigation
June 25, 2015
Employees terminated without cause have a duty to mitigate their damages by taking reasonable steps to secure alternate employment. In Steinbach v. Clean Energy Compression Corp, the court found that the employee’s efforts to find new work, particularly by electing … Continue reading
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Tagged creative sentencing, defamation, due diligence, frustration, human rights, mitigation, OHS, PIPEDA, police records, privacy, record checks, vexatious litigant
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June 17, 2015
According to a recent case out of Ontario, terminating an employee in June could lead to larger damage awards: http://business.financialpost.com/legal-post/firing-an-employee-in-june-could-equal-larger-damage-awards-in-ontario In light of recent news concerning airline employees suffering from mental illness, should employees be required to disclose known disabilities? … Continue reading
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Tagged damages, disability, disclose, mitigation, summary judgment, wrongful dismissal
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January 9, 2015
First Reference Talks with a good primer on the current state of the law in Canada concerning whether obesity is a recognized disability: http://blog.firstreference.com/recognizing-obesity-as-a-disability-slippery-slope-or-basic-human-dignity/ Howard Levitt in the Financial Post with some solid, basic advice on how to properly overhaul … Continue reading
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Tagged disability, drop dead, employment agreement, mitigation, obesity
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December 5, 2014
Stuart Rudner on avoiding common employment law misconceptions: Small to midsize employers, many HR professionals, and many lawyers proceed based upon completely inaccurate understandings of how employment law works. While there are many examples of this, there are three that … Continue reading
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Tagged contracts, mitigation, Rudner, rule of thumb, spanking
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