Showing posts with label Tort Remedies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tort Remedies. Show all posts

Saturday 12 May 2012

Tort Damages Place in Wrongful Dismissal Cases

In November of 2010 I was asked to present at the annual Carleton County Law Association's annual civil litigators conference on the topic of workplace burnout.  Although my full paper can be found here, this post will focus on the issue of adding tort damages to a claim for wrongful dismissal in Ontario.

The most exciting, some have said “sexy”, but no doubt controversial part of employment law as of late has been whether or not significant tort damages can result from wrongful dismissal.  An excellent summary of the law is found in Elgert v. Home Hardware Stores Limited, 2010 ABQB 65.