What is "Wrongful Dismissal?"

For that matter, what is "unjust dismissal" or "constructive dismissal?" This article provides some brief definitions for these and other bits of employment law legalese.

Employer Rehires Supervisor Who Sexually Assaulted Employee

An Ontario employee was ordered to pay her former employer's legal fees after she made a "substantially unsuccessful" bid to sue her employer following its decision to rehire "her abuser," a former supervisor fired ten years earlier amidst sexual harassment complaints.

UncategorizedBen HahnApril 2, 2019Benjamin J. Hahn, Ontario Employment and Civil Litigation LawyerContracts, Employment, Fired, Law, Ontario, intentional infliction of mental suffering, Constructive Dismissal, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Bad Faith Conduct, Moral Damages, Legal Costs, Sexual Harassment

ONCA: "No Compelling Reason" to Recognize Harassment as Free-Standing Claim in Ontario

The Court of Appeal for Ontario has declined to recognize "harassment" as a free-standing basis to sue in Ontario.

UncategorizedBen HahnMarch 29, 2019Benjamin J. Hahn, Ontario Employment and Civil Litigation LawyerContracts, Employment, Fired, Law, Ontario, harassment, intentional infliction of mental suffering, Occuptational Health and Safety, Human Rights, Common Law, Torts, Cause of Action

Wrongful Dismissal Awards for Pay-in-Lieu of Reasonable Notice: 2018 Year in Review

Featuring a fancy chart showing how many months of pay Ontario judges awarded dismissed employees.

UncategorizedBen HahnJanuary 2, 2019Benjamin J. Hahn, Ontario Employment and Civil Litigation LawyerContracts, Employment, Fired, Law, Ontario