Call Centre Caught in a Lie
Nuala MacDonald-Ross was awarded nearly $100,000 in a wrongful dismissal suit against Connect North America Corp.
Employment Law: Performance Plan’s may have to be accepted
Employees can sometimes lose sight of who was entitled to call the shots. While employees do retain certain rights, rejecting a reasonable performance improvement plan is usually a poor option.
Employee Bonuses – when they amount to a wrongful dismissal?
Employees don’t always get the bonus they deserve, but seldom will this amount to a successful lawsuit. Veteran investment banker Kenneth Mathieson was well rewarded in his good years. In …
Fired on Facebook
Crystal Bell had no issues being hired through the social networking site, Facebook. When it came to her firing, she considered it the “the coward’s way out”. Bell, A Spa worker, was initially …
Employers can make mistakes too
Despite workplace laws favouring their legal position, management errors made in the administration of human resources can put a company’s name on the front page of a Statement of Claim. …
Fired workers still have legal options
“Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.” – Benjamin Disraeli Here are six factors to consider if you’ve recently been dismissed: Severance: If legal …
Former employees should understand their options
“Getting fired is nature’s way to tell you that you had the wrong job in the first place.” – Hal Lancaster, The Wall Street Journal Creative employee-side lawyers and their …
Workplace harassment is a common employment law case
Here are five most frequent files appearing on my desk and in court dockets 1. Workplace Harassment Following Canada’s first million dollar workplace harassment award, I can expect to see …
My company has given me a new role with more work and less pay
THE QUESTION My company recently let go of all the sales staff except me. In 12 years, I’ve always done new sales while a separate team concentrated on retaining customers. …
I’ve been bullied, and now I’ve been fired. What do I do?
I have been ignoring the bullying that has happened to me for four-and-a-half years. It came to a halt when I was escorted out of the building like a common criminal. Then they terminated my five-and-a-half year employment, without cause. No one should be subjected to this kind of treatment. I have never had this happen to me before. This is a big black mark on my employment record. What would be my next steps?