The Suspension Cases – Introduction
Home › Constructive Dismissal › The Issue of Suspension from Work: Introduction The immediate issue of the implied right to suspend is one required to satisfy the first test of…
Harris on Canadian Employment Law
Home › Constructive Dismissal › The Issue of Suspension from Work: Introduction The immediate issue of the implied right to suspend is one required to satisfy the first test of…
Home › Constructive Dismissal › Latitude Given to Business Restructure The British Columbia Court of Appeal noted in its 2021 decision that the employer should be given a reasonable time…
Home › Constructive Dismissal › Condoning the Right of Lay-off An employee who has been laid off, absent a prior agreement allowing for such action, has options available to them.…
Home › Constructive Dismissal › Lay-Off as Constructive Dismissal Presuming that there is not an express or implied term allowing the right of lay-off, such action has been considered a…
The OLRB considered this issue and concluded that there was real doubt as to whether an employee may condone a toxic working relationship: I am not sure the concept of…
There is uncertainty in each case as to what the time period for the election should be. Apart from stating that the time is a “reasonable period”, the law is…
Home › Constructive Dismissal › Principles of Condonation The law is clear that a finding of what would have normally been a constructive dismissal may be not actionable where the…
Home › Constructive Dismissal › Employee Options to Respond to Change in Employment Terms The Ontario Court of Appeal considered the issue of the alternatives available to the employee upon…
Home › Constructive Dismissal › Repudiation or Resignation Generally speaking, case law has determined that the resignation must be “clear and unequivocal”, based on the employee’s free will. The test…
Home › Constructive Dismissal › Evidence of Refusal of the New Terms of Employment One issue is often whether the conduct of the employee has demonstrated that they have refused…