Tag: Karen Sargeant

Declaration to ‘Make Employee Whole’ Very Costly for Employers

By Karen Sargeant Jul 24, 2011 Northern Exposure

Updated: Jul 24, 2011

By Karen Sargeant You give your employee almost 32 weeks’ pay after terminating his employment without cause. He gets another job two weeks later. You’re off the hook, right? Maybe not. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Brito v. Canac Kitchens, a Division of Kohler Canada Co. has recently said no. Instead, you may […]

Keays vs. Honda One Year Later: Have Canadian Courts Changed Their Approach to Punitive and Bad Faith Damages?

By Karen Sargeant Oct 12, 2009 Northern Exposure

Updated: Oct 12, 2009

It has been just over a year since the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) issued its decision in Keays v. Honda Canada Inc. (Read our analysis of the court’s decision in that case). That decision mandated a change in Canadian courts’ approach to awarding damages in employment cases. Damages for bad faith conduct by the […]