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This is relevant because it appears as if this lady has been let go, and potentially wrongfully due to how upset she appears.

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Boss kicking employee out the door, literally.

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Boss kicking employee out the door, literally.

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This is relevant to wrongful dismissal due to the aggressive nature the employer is taking in kicking the employee out.

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This is relevant to wrongful dismissal because the employer is giving a pathetic excuse in order to let his employer go.

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This article outlines the employment rights each employee possesses, and is relevant to wrongful dismissal because it educates you on your rights, to avoid being wrongfully dismissed.

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A wrongful dismissal occurs when an employer either: (i) terminates an employee without cause but fails to provide the employee with sufficient notice of dismissal; or (ii) terminates an employee for cause without providing any notice of dismissal in circumstances when the employer did not have just cause to dismiss the employee.

A wrongful dismissal is a breach of contract.

It is called a "wrongful dismissal action" when an employee commences litigation against his or her former employer seeking monetary damages because the employer failed to provide the employee with proper notice of dismissal. This includes situations where the employee has been constructively dismissed.

The term "wrongful dismissal" is often misunderstood. It does not mean that the employer's decision to dismiss the employee was improper or unlawful. Both the employee and employer have the right to terminate the employment relationship for any lawful reason as long as the other is provided with sufficient notice. All that needs to be reasonable is the length of the notice.

The decision to terminate the employee's employment may be unfair, inexplicable, or an obviously a bad business decision. For example, a manager may dismiss an employee simply because the manager does not like the employee. To give an even more bizarre example, it is not a wrongful dismissal if an employee has been dismissed because a manager became angry after learning that the employee showed up to work wearing the same shoes as the manager.

In all of these examples as long as the employer provides the employee with a severance package representing sufficient pay in lieu of notice of dismissal the termination will not be considered to be a wrongful dismissal.

For example in Joss Covenoho v Pendylum Inc. the employee was dismissed without cause only three months after she joined the company because she refused a criminal background check. The employee had not been notified of the need for a background check prior to joining the company. The court found that she had not been wrongfully dismissed because she had been provided notice pursuant to the terms of her employment contract.

How a court calculates a dismissed employee's entitlement to a severance package is discussed in detail in the chapter titled Termination without Cause.

There is a common misconception that when an employer terminates the employment of an employee without cause the dismissal itself is a breach of contract. However, a breach of contract only occurs if the employer fails to provide the employee with proper notice of the dismissal. There is an implied term in every contract of employment that either party may terminate the contract by providing reasonable notice of dismissal.

The term "reasonable notice of dismissal" refers to the employer's obligation to provide the employee with sufficient working notice of dismissal. During the working notice period the employee is expected to continue to work for the employer under the terms and conditions of his or her employment contract.

The fact that an employer is expected to provide an employee with working notice of dismissal may surprise many readers who believe, incorrectly, that the proper way to dismiss an employee is for the employer to notify the employee that his or her employment has been terminated and to provide the employee with a severance package. Indeed, many people are unaware that an employer even has the legal right to provide an employee with working notice of dismissal. A severance package is actually the employer paying the dismissed employee damages for its failure to provide the employee with working notice of dismissal.

An employer's decision to dismiss an employee must be lawful. A dismissal is illegal if the was discriminatory and, therefore in breach of the . A dismissal will also be illegal if, as an example, the dismissal was a reprisal for the employee attempting to enforce a right provided by the Employment Standards Act or the Occupational Health and Safety Act. An employee who dismissal is illegal may have the right to be reinstated into his or her former position as well as other remedies not available to an employee who was wrongfully dismissed.

The right of an employer to dismiss a non-unionized employee at any time is one of the major differences between the rights enjoyed by unionized and non-unionized employees. A unionized employee may normally only be dismissed if the employer has just cause or because of a lack of work.

If the employer has not provided the employee with sufficient notice of dismissal or pay in lieu of notice of dismissal the only leverage the dismissed employee has to negotiate a fair severance package is to commence a wrongful dismissal action. This includes cases where the employer has terminated the employee's employment for cause. In a wrongful dismissal action the former employee will ask the court to order his or her former employer to award damages (e.g. an award of money) for the employer's failure to provide proper notice of dismissal. The employee will also ask the court to order the employer to pay a portion of his or her legal costs.

If a court finds that an employee has been wrongfully dismissed, the court will award the dismissed employee damages (i.e. an award of money) for the employer's failure to provide reasonable notice of dismissal. The purpose of wrongful dismissal damage award is to compensate the dismissed employee for the employer's failure to provide sufficient notice of dismissal. It is not a reward for long service or a bonus. It is also not meant to penalize the employer because it decided to dismiss the employee.

A claim for wrongful dismissal damages is subject to the employee's duty to mitigate. The award of damages will be reduced by the amount of employment income the dismissed employee earned from other employment sources during the notice period, unless the terms of employee's employment contract did not require the employee to mitigate his or her damages.

Dismissed employees who initiate wrongful dismissal actions may claim other types of damages against their former employers such as moral damages and/or punitive damages in addition to wrongful dismissal damages . Moral or punitive damages may be available to dismissed employees when the employer has acted in an unduly insensitive or malicious way.

Although the threat of litigation and commencing litigation is the only leverage a dismissed employee has when negotiating a severance package with a former employer it is important to understand that the vast majority of cases are not decided by a judge but, instead, are resolved when the employer and former employee voluntarily agree to settle their dispute. The terms of settlement will normally also include the employer paying a portion of the employee's legal costs.

A wrongful dismissal must also be distinguished from an "unjust dismissal" in breach of the Canada Labour Code ("CLC"). The CLC is a statute that applies to federally regulated employers such as banks and interprovincial transportation companies. An employee working for a federally regulated employer may only be terminated if: (i) the employer has something akin to just cause to dismiss the employee; or (ii) if the employee has been dismissed as a result of the "discontinuance of the job function". In other words, the employer may dismiss the employee because of lack of work or as a result of a corporate restructuring that resulted in the elimination of the employee's position. This protection does not apply to certain managers and supervisors. Federally regulated employees have the option of claiming unjust dismissal and pursuing a claim under adjudication provision of the CLC or initiating a wrongful dismissal action. The adjudication process under the CLC differs from a wrongful dismissal action because the adjudicator has the authority to reinstate the dismissed employee into his or her former position. An adjudication under the CLC is also supposed to be more efficient and cost effective than a wrongful dismissal action, although it is debatable whether this is true in practice.

An employee dismissed from a federally regulated employer also has the option of initiating a wrongful dismissal action.

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A wrongful dismissal occurs when an employer either: (i) terminates an employee without cause but fails to provide the employee with sufficient notice of dismissal; or (ii) terminates an employee for cause without providing any notice of dismissal in circumstances when the employer did not have just cause to dismiss the employee.

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This is the official labour board website for Ontario. This website outlines in black and white all that is expected from employer's while letting you go. This includes due process, time expectancy, and severance pay expectancy. This is relevant to wrongful dismissal because this site is great for a reference, if you ever find yourself in a potential wrongfully dismissed situation.

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Termination of employment defined

A number of expressions are commonly used to describe situations when employment is terminated. These include "let go," "discharged," "dismissed," "fired" and "permanently laid off."

Under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 ( ESA) a person's employment is terminated if the employer:

dismisses or stops employing an employee, including where an employee is no longer employed due to the bankruptcy or insolvency of the employer;

"constructively" dismisses an employee and the employee resigns, in response, within a reasonable time;

lays an employee off for a period that is longer than a "temporary layoff".

In most cases, when an employer ends the employment of an employee who has been continuously employed for three months, the employer must provide the employee with either written notice of termination, termination pay or a combination (as long as the notice and the number of weeks of termination pay together equal the length of notice the employee is entitled to receive).

The ESA does not require an employer to give an employee a reason why their employment is being terminated. There are, however, some situations where an employer cannot terminate an employee's employment even if the employer is prepared to give proper written notice or termination pay. For example, an employer cannot end someone's employment, or penalize them in any other way, if any part of the reason for the termination of employment is based on the employee asking questions about the ESA or exercising a right under the ESA, such as refusing to work in excess of the daily or weekly hours of work maximums, or taking a leave of absence specified in the ESA. Please see the chapter on reprisals.

Qualifying for termination notice or pay in lieu

Certain employees are not entitled to notice of termination or termination pay under the ESA. Examples include: employees who are guilty of wilful misconduct, disobedience, or wilful neglect of duty that is not trivial and has not been condoned by the employer. Other examples include construction employees, employees on temporary layoff, employees who refuse an offer of reasonable alternative employment and employees who have been employed less than three months.

There are a number of other exemptions to the termination of employment provisions of the ESA. See " Exemptions to notice of termination or termination pay." Please also refer to the special rule tool.

The termination-of-employment rules are entirely separate from any entitlements an employee may have to be paid severance pay under the ESA.

Constructive dismissal

A constructive dismissal may occur when an employer makes a significant change to a fundamental term or condition of an employee's employment without the employee's actual or implied consent.

For example, an employee may be constructively dismissed if the employer makes changes to the employee's terms and conditions of employment that result in a significant reduction in salary or a significant negative change in such things as the employee's work location, hours of work, authority, or position. Constructive dismissal may also include situations where an employer harasses or abuses an employee, or an employer gives an employee an ultimatum to "quit or be fired" and the employee resigns in response.

The employee would have to resign in response to the change within a reasonable period of time in order for the employer's actions to be considered a termination of employment for purposes of the ESA.

Constructive dismissal is a complex and difficult subject. For more information on constructive dismissal please contact the Employment Standards Information Centre, 1-800-531-5551.

Temporary layoff

An employee is on temporary layoff when an employer cuts back or stops the employee's work without ending their employment ( e.g., laying someone off at times when there is not enough work to do). The mere fact that the employer does not specify a recall date when laying the employee off does not necessarily mean that the lay-off is not temporary. Note, however, that a lay-off, even if intended to be temporary, may result in constructive dismissal if it is not allowed by the employment contract.

For the purposes of the termination provisions of the ESA, a "week of layoff" is a week in which the employee earned less than half of what they would ordinarily earn (or earns on average) in a week.

A week of layoff does not include any week in which the employee did not work for one or more days because the employee was not able or available to work, was subject to disciplinary suspension, or was not provided with work because of a strike or lockout at their place of employment or elsewhere.

Employers are not required under the ESA to provide employees with a written notice of a temporary layoff, nor do they have to provide a reason for the lay-off. (They may, however, be required to do these things under a collective agreement or an employment contract.)
Under the ESA, a "temporary layoff" can last:

not more than 13 weeks of layoff in any period of 20 consecutive weeks;
or

more than 13 weeks in any period of 20 consecutive weeks, but less than 35 weeks of layoff in any period of 52 consecutive weeks, where:

the employee continues to receive substantial payments from the employer;
or

the employer continues to make payments for the benefit of the employee under a legitimate group or employee insurance plan (such as a medical or drug insurance plan) or a legitimate retirement or pension plan;
or

the employee receives supplementary unemployment benefits;
or

the employee would be entitled to receive supplementary unemployment benefits but isn't receiving them because they are employed elsewhere;
or

the employer recalls the employee to work within the time frame approved by the Director of Employment Standards;
or

the employer recalls the employee within the time frame set out in an agreement with an employee who is not represented by a trade union;
or

a layoff longer than a layoff described in 'B' where the employer recalls an employee who is represented by a trade union within the time set out in an agreement between the union and the employer.

If an employee is laid off for a period longer than a temporary layoff as set out above, the employer is considered to have terminated the employee's employment. Generally, the employee will then be entitled to termination pay.

Written notice of termination and termination pay

Under the ESA:

an employer can terminate the employment of an employee who has been employed continuously for three months or more if the employer has given the employee proper written notice of termination and the notice period has expired;
or

an employer can terminate the employment of an employee without written notice or with less notice than is required if the employer pays termination pay to the employee.

Written notice of termination

An employee is entitled to notice of termination (or termination pay instead of notice) if they have been continuously employed for at least three months. A person is considered "employed" not only while they are actively working, but also during any time in which they are not working but the employment relationship still exists (for example, time in which the employee is off sick or on leave or on lay-off).

The amount of notice to which an employee is entitled depends on their "period of employment". An employee's period of employment includes not only all time while the employee is actively working but also any time that they are not working but the employment relationship still exists, with the following exceptions:

if a lay-off goes on longer than a temporary lay-off, the employee's employment is deemed to have been terminated on the first day of the lay-off-any time after that does not count as part of the employee's period of employment, even though the employee might still be employed for purposes of the "continuously employed for three months" qualification;

if two separate periods of employment are separated by more than 13 weeks, only the most recent period counts for purposes of notice of termination.

It is possible, in some circumstances, for a person to have been "continuously employed" for three months or more and yet have a period of employment of less than three months. In such circumstances, the employee would be entitled to notice because an employee who has been continuously employed for at least three months is entitled to notice, and the minimum notice entitlement of one week applies to an employee with a period of employment of any length less than one year.

The following chart specifies the amount of notice required:

Note: Special rules determine the amount of notice required in the case of mass terminations - where the employment of 50 or more employees is terminated at an employer's establishment within a four-week period.

Requirements during the statutory notice period

During the statutory notice period, an employer must:

not reduce the employee's wage rate or alter any other term or condition of employment;

continue to make whatever contributions would be required to maintain the employee's benefits plans; and

pay the employee the wages they are entitled to, which cannot be less than the employee's regular wages for a regular work week each week.

Regular rate

This is an employee's rate of pay for each non-overtime hour of work in the employee's work week.

Regular wages

These are wages other than overtime pay, vacation pay, public holiday pay, premium pay, personal emergency leave pay, domestic or sexual violence leave pay, termination of assignment pay, termination pay and severance pay and certain contractual entitlements.

Regular work week

For an employee who usually works the same number of hours every week, a regular work week is a week of that many hours, not including overtime hours.

Some employees do not have a regular work week. That is, they do not work the same number of hours every week or they are paid on a basis other than time. For these employees, the "regular wages" for a "regular work week" is the average amount of the regular wages earned by the employee in the weeks in which the employee worked during the period of 12 weeks immediately preceding the date the notice was given.

An employer is not allowed to schedule an employee's vacation time during the statutory notice period unless the employee- after receiving written notice of termination of employment-agrees to take their vacation time during the notice period.

If an employer provides longer notice than is required, the statutory part of the notice period is the last part of the period that ends on the date of termination.

How to provide written notice

In most cases, written notice of termination of employment must be addressed to the employee. It can be provided in person or by mail, fax or e-mail, as long as delivery can be verified.

There are special rules for providing notice of termination if an employee has a contract of employment or a collective agreement that provides seniority rights that allow an employee who is to be laid off or whose employment is to be terminated to displace ("bump") other employees.

In that case, the employer must post a notice in the workplace (where it will be seen by the employees) setting out the names, seniority and job classification of those employees the employer intends to terminate and the date of the proposed termination. The posting of the notice is considered to be notice of termination, as of the date of the posting, to an employee who is "bumped" by an employee named in the notice. However, this notice of termination must still meet the length requirements set out in the ESA.

There are also special rules regarding how notice is provided when there is a mass termination.

Termination pay

An employee who does not receive the written notice required under the ESA must be given termination pay in lieu of notice. Termination pay is a lump sum payment equal to the regular wages for a regular work week that an employee would otherwise have been entitled to during the written notice period. An employee earns vacation pay on their termination pay. Employers must also continue to make whatever contributions would be required to maintain the benefits the employee would have been entitled to had they continued to be employed through the notice period.

Example: Regular work week

Sarah has worked for three and a half years. Now her job has been eliminated and her employment has been terminated. Sarah was not given any written notice of termination.

Sarah worked 40 hours a week every week and was paid $17.00 an hour. She also received four per cent vacation pay. Because she worked for more than three years but less than four years, she is entitled to three weeks' pay in lieu of notice.

1. Sarah's regular wages for a regular work week are calculated:

$17.00 an hour X 40 hours a week = $680.00 a week

2. Her termination pay is calculated:

$680.00 X 3 weeks = $2040.00

3. Then her vacation pay on her termination pay is calculated:

4% of $2040.00 = $81.60

4. Finally, her vacation pay is added to her termination pay:

$2040.00 + $81.60 = $2121.60

Result: Sarah is entitled to $2121.60. The employer must also ensure continued coverage for any benefit or pension plans that applied to her for three weeks.

Example: No regular work week

Gerry has worked at a nursing home for four years. He works every week, but his hours vary from week to week. His rate of pay is $17.00 an hour, and he is paid 6 per cent vacation pay.

Gerry's employer eliminated his position and did not give Gerry any written notice of termination. Gerry was ill and off work for two of the 12 weeks immediately preceding the day his employment was terminated. Gerry earned $1,800.00 in the 12 weeks before the day on which his employment ended.

Gerry is entitled to four weeks of termination pay.

1. Gerry's average earnings per week are calculated:

$1,800.00 for 12 weeks / 10 weeks (Gerry was off sick for two weeks therefore these weeks are not included in the calculation of average earnings) = $180.00 a week

2. His termination pay is calculated:

$180.00 × 4 weeks = $720.00

3. Then his vacation pay on his termination pay is calculated:

6% of $720.00 = $43.20

4. Finally, his vacation pay is added to his termination pay:

$720.00 + $43.20 = $763.20

Result: Gerry is entitled to $763.20. The employer must also ensure continued coverage for any benefit or pension plans that applied to him for four weeks.

When to pay termination pay

Termination pay must be paid to an employee either seven days after the employee's employment is terminated or on the employee's next regular pay date, whichever is later.

Mass termination

Special rules for notice of termination may apply when the employment of 50 or more employees is terminated at an employer's establishment within a four-week period. This is often referred to as mass termination. (Note: an "establishment" can, in some circumstances, include more than one location.)

When a mass termination occurs, the employer must submit Form 1 (Notice of termination of employment) to the Director of Employment Standards. Any notice to the affected employees would not be considered to have been given until the Form 1 was received by the Director, i.e. notice of mass termination is not considered to be effective until the Director of Employment Standards receives the Form 1.

In addition to providing employees with individual notices of termination, the employer must post a copy of the Form 1 provided to the Director of Employment Standards in the workplace where it will come to the attention of the employees it affects on the first day of the notice period.

The amount of notice employees must receive in a mass termination is not based on the employees' length of employment, but on the number of employees who have been terminated. An employer must give:

Eight weeks' notice if the employment of 50 to 199 employees is to be terminated

12 weeks' notice if the employment of 200 to 499 employees is to be terminated

16 weeks' notice if the employment of 500 or more employees is to be terminated

Exception to the mass-termination rules

The mass-termination rules do not apply if:

1. The number of employees whose employment is being terminated represents not more than 10 per cent of the employees who have been employed for at least three months at the establishment,
and

2. None of the terminations are caused by the permanent discontinuance of all or part of the employer's business at the establishment.

Mass termination: Resignation by an employee

An employee who has received termination notice under the mass termination rules who wants to resign before the termination date provided in the employer's notice must give the employer at least one week's written notice of resignation if the employee has been employed for less than two years. If the employment period has been two years or more, the employee must give at least two weeks' written notice of resignation. However, the employee does not have to give notice of resignation if the employer constructively dismisses the employee or breaches a term of the contract.

Temporary work after termination date in notice

An employer can provide work to an employee who has been given notice of termination on a temporary basis in the 13-week period after the termination date set out in the notice without affecting the original date of the termination and without being required to provide any further notice of termination to the employee when the temporary work ends.

If an employee works beyond the 13-week period after the termination date and then has their employment terminated, the employee will be entitled to a new written notice of termination as if the previous notice had never been given. The employee's period of employment will then also include the period of temporary work.

Recall rights

A "recall right" is the right of an employee on a layoff to be called back to work by their employer under a term or condition of employment. This right is commonly found in collective agreements.

An employee who has recall rights and who is entitled to termination pay because of a layoff of 35 weeks or more may choose to:

keep their recall rights and not be paid termination pay (or severance pay, if they were entitled to severance pay) at that time;
or

give up their recall rights and receive termination pay (and severance pay, if they were entitled to severance pay).

If an employee is entitled to both termination pay and severance pay, they must make the same choice for both.

If an employee who is not represented by a trade union elects to keep their recall rights or fails to make a choice, the employer must send the amount of the termination pay (and severance pay, if any) to the Director of Employment Standards, who holds the money in trust.

If an employee who is represented by a trade union elects to keep their recall rights or fails to make a choice, the employer and the trade union must try to come to an arrangement to hold the termination pay (and severance pay, if any) in trust for the employee. If they cannot come to an arrangement, and the trade union advises the employer and the Director of Employment Standards in writing that efforts have failed, the employer must send the termination pay (and severance pay, if any) to the Director of Employment Standards, who holds the money in trust.

If an employee chooses to give up their recall rights or if the recall rights expire, the money that is held in trust must be sent to the employee.

If the employee accepts a recall back to work, the money that is held in trust will be returned to the employer.

Exemptions to notice of termination or termination pay

Many of these exemptions are complex. Please contact the Employment Standards Information Centre, 1-800-531-5551 , if you need more information. Please also refer to the special rule tool.

The notice of termination and termination pay requirements of the ESA do not apply to an employee who:

is guilty of wilful misconduct, disobedience or wilful neglect of duty that is not trivial and has not been condoned by the employer. Note: "wilful" includes when an employee intended the resulting consequence or acted recklessly if they knew or should have known the effects their conduct would have. Poor work conduct that is accidental or unintentional is generally not considered wilful;

was hired for a specific length of time or until the completion of a specific task. However, such an employee will be entitled to notice of termination or termination pay if:

the employment ends before the term expires or the task is completed; or

the term expires or the task is not completed more than 12 months after the employment started; or

the employment continues for three months or more after the term expires or the task is completed;

is employed in construction. This includes employees who are doing off-site work in whole or in part who are commonly associated in work or collective bargaining with employees who work at the construction site;

builds, alters or repairs certain types of ships

has their employment terminated when they reach the age of retirement in accordance with the employer's established practice, but only if the termination would not contravene the Human Rights Code.

has refused an offer of reasonable alternative employment with the employer;

has refused to exercise their right to another position that is available under a seniority system.

is on a temporary lay-off

does not return to work within a reasonable time after being recalled to work from a temporary layoff;

is terminated during or as a result of a strike or lockout at the workplace;

has lost their employment because the contract of employment is impossible to perform or has been frustrated by an unexpected or unforeseen event or circumstance, such as a fire or flood, that makes it impossible for the employer to keep the employee working. (This does not include bankruptcy or insolvency or when the contract is frustrated or impossible to perform as the result of an injury or illness suffered by an employee.)

See also: Termination tool

Wrongful dismissal

Rights greater than ESA notice of termination, termination pay, severance pay

The rules under the ESA about termination and severance of employment are minimum requirements. Some employees may have rights under the common law that are greater than the rights to notice of termination (or termination pay) and severance pay under the ESA. An employee may want to sue their former employer in court for "wrongful dismissal". Employees should be aware that they cannot sue an employer for wrongful dismissal and file a claim for termination pay or severance pay with the ministry for the same termination or severance of employment. An employee must choose one or the other. Employees may wish to obtain legal advice concerning their rights.

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A number of expressions are commonly used to describe situations when employment is terminated. These include "let go," "discharged," "dismissed," "fired" and "permanently laid off."

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This gentlemen explains wrongful termination is simple terms for the average Canadian who would like to better educate themselves on the subject of wrongful dismissal without the complicated law terms.

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What Wrongful Termination Lawsuit Will and Will Not Accomplish

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What suing the employer or individual manager / supervisor will and will not accomplish. http://www.arkadylaw.com/wrongful-termination--personal-injury-lawsuit.html

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This video outlines your first steps if you feel that you have been wrongfully dismissed.

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Here is a short video in which I will provide you with a good understanding of what is, and what is not, considered wrongful termination. Find out quickly if you may have a good case or not.

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This article provides you with the encouragement you might need to file a suit against your employer. It reminds you of the long hours, and hard work you have invested in your company. It is related to wrongful dismissal because it re assures you the negative affects it can have on you, and your family.

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When an employee is terminated for cause and the cause if found to be valid, the termination is not wrongful. Wrongful dismissal occurs when an employee is dismissed by their employer without reasonable notice. Notably, the actual reason for the dismissal itself may be valid, but if the amount of notice provided is insufficient, the dismissal can be considered "wrongful".

It is rare that an employer has cause to terminate an employee without notice. For this reason, employment standards legislation provides minimum amounts owed by the employer to the terminated employee. This notice may be provided as working notice, by salary continuance in life of notice, or as a lump sum payment in lieu of notice.

Wrongful Even after Meeting Statutory Minimums

Even where the employer has met these statutory minimums, the dismissal could still be considered wrongful if the notice provided is not reasonable in accordance with notice requirements at common law. In many cases, the reasonable notice of termination under the common law is often extraordinarily higher than the statutory minimums.

Similar to wrongful dismissal is constructive dismissal, which occurs when an employer makes unilateral changes to the employee's employment which the employee does not consent to, either explicitly or implicitly. In this situation, the employee may be able to treat the employment contract as being at an end, which entitles the employee to notice from the employer as if the employee had been terminated.

For related case studies and more information on Wrongful Dismissal, search our blog.

More Concepts on Employment Terminations

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Wrongful Dismissal - What Makes them Wrong?

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When an employee is terminated for cause and the cause if found to be valid, the termination is not wrongful. Wrongful dismissal occurs when an employee is dismissed by their employer without reasonable notice. Notably, the actual reason for the dismissal itself may be valid, but if the amount of notice provided is insufficient, the dismissal can be considered "wrongful".

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This covers wrongful dismissal from a lawyer's point of view. This is related to wrongful dismissal because it offers legal advice on the subject.

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1. My topic of choice was wrongful dismissal. By definition of Wikipedia, wrongful dismissal, also called wrongful termination or wrongful discharge, is a legal phrase, describing a situation in which an employee's contract of employment has been terminated by the employer if the termination breaches one or more terms of the contract of employment, or a statute provision in employment law. (Wikipedia) In terms of dispute resolution, companies may initially use consensual processes to bargain with the victim of dismissal. If they cannot agree on an outcome then adjudicative process will be necessary to introduce a judge into the picture.
2. The case I chose is Dianna Janzen and Tracy Govereau v. Platy Enterprises carrying business under the firm name and style of Pharos Restaurant, and Tommy Grammas. Dianna was an employee of Pharos Restaurant in 1982, and was being sexually harassed by Tommy Grammas who was the chef at the time. Tommy owed no part of the restaurant but he implied that he had the authority to fire her if she complained about the harassment. Dianna complained to the owner numerous times, and nothing was done about the harassment. After months of complaining, Dianna’s employment was terminated.
3. This case relates to wrongful dismissal due to the fact that her owner and boss had a responsibility, and duty of care to protect her, within her employment rights, from sexual harassment, and she should not feel like her employment is dependant on her endurance of sexual assault.
4. I was surprised to discover the numerous laws that are put into place to protect us, as workers, from any type of discrimination, harassment, derogatory statements, or our right to grievance time, vacation time, etc.
5. From my research on wrongful dismissal I am most likely to remember the available resources available to us, as workers, to reference if we have any questions or concerns on how we are being treated in our place of work. www.labour.gov.on.ca