by Stacey R. Ball | Jan 11, 2022 | employee or dependent contractor, Employment Contracts, Employment Law, General
In a recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court, popular personal injury law firm Sokoloff Lawyers won an injunction against six former employees who had been working out of the firm’s Brampton office. Notably, Savannah Chorney, the leading lawyer at the Brampton... 
by Stacey R. Ball | Jan 9, 2022 | Cause for dismissal, constructive dismissal, employee or dependent contractor, Employment Contracts, Employment Law, General, Wrongful Dismissal
McGuinty v. 1845035 Ontario Inc. (McGuinty Funeral Home) is a case unlike many others, in the sense that it involved a particularly large award of wrongful dismissal damages: $1,274,173.83. There are not many scenarios in the context of employment law which could... 
by Stacey R. Ball | Jan 7, 2022 | Cause for dismissal, constructive dismissal, employee or dependent contractor, Employment Contracts, Employment Law, General, Wrongful Dismissal
Employers should expect to provide some compensation to employees they terminate without cause. The amount of compensation depends on a number of factors, such as the nature of the employment, the availability of similar employment, the age of the employee, and the... 
by Stacey R. Ball | Jan 5, 2022 | employee or dependent contractor, Employment Contracts, Employment Law, General
Ms. Saunders was an agency sales representative with WestJet, her employer. She was terminated from this position on July 29, 2019. Following her termination, Ms. Saunders filed a complaint of unjust dismissal under section 240(1) of the Canada Labour Code (the... 
by Stacey R. Ball | Jan 3, 2022 | Cause for dismissal, constructive dismissal, General, Wrongful Dismissal
I wrote a blog post this past August discussing the potential impact of Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) payments on wrongful dismissal damages. We looked specifically at the British Columbia Supreme Court’s decision in Hogan v 1187938 B.C. Ltd (“Hogan”),... 