What is the maximum amount of reasonable notice, also referred to as severance, to which an employee dismissed in Ontario can be entitled under Ontario employment law? As at least one observer has asked, is the sky now the limit? See: Reasonable notice: The sky’s the limit?
The question was asked following the 2012 decision of the Ontario Superior Court in Abrahim et al v. Sliwin et al, 2012 ONSC 6295 (CanLII), in which the Honourable Justice Douglas Gray held, on an undefended default motion that, “I fail to see how a cap of 24 months, or indeed any maximum, is appropriate.”
It is Justice Gray’s decision that perhaps no maximum is appropriate that has led some to question that perhaps the sky is indeed now the limit.