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Sunday 24 June 2012

Protecting Employee Reputations

Reputations are fragile things.  They take forever to build, but very little time to destroy.  In the recent case of Tipple v. Canada (Attorney General), 2012 FCA 158, reasons for decision released May 29, 2012, the Federal Court of Appeal was asked to answer the question of whether an employer has a free-standing duty to protect an employee’s reputation at the time of termination.

The answer was a “no, but...”