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Wrongful Termination
839 published works
Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada
Tax Treatment of Wrongful Dismissal Awards
By Lisa Stam
Taxes change how much money ends up in our pockets and this truism also applies to wrongful dismissal awards. The way settlement money is lawfully characterized can have a big…
Healthcare Workplace Update
EEOC’s Notice Pleading Survives Motion to Dismiss in Failure to Accommodate and Wrongful Termination Suit
A North Carolina district court recently declined to dismiss a failure to accommodate and wrongful termination action brought by the EEOC on behalf of a patient accounts representative in EEOC…
Employment Law Worldview
Employee pregnancy – is ignorance the best defence?
They do say that maternity in the workplace can be an unsettling and confusing time, leaving you confronting new questions and situations that no one has really prepared you for,…
Blaneys Appeals
ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (FEBRUARY 26 – MARCH 2)
Good evening. Below are our Court of Appeal summaries of this week’s civil decisions. Topics covered this week included rectification of contracts (life insurance policy), third party assessments of lawyers’…
California Workplace Law Blog
Trial Court Properly Denied Attorneys’ Fees To Plaintiff Who Proved His Termination Was Substantially Motivated By His Disabilities, But Was Not The Prevailing Party At Trial
In Bustos v. Global P.E.T., Inc., (E065869, Cal. Ct. App. January 16, 2018), Plaintiff William Bustos and a number of his co-workers were terminated by Global in an economic layoff. …
Illinois Attorney Referrals and Legal Guidance
Being Fired Because You Make Too Much Money
There is a basic premise under Illinois employment law that you can be filed at any time, for any reason, as long as it doesn't violate a contract (e.g. you…
Global Workplace Insider
When emotions run a-Mok: Trial judge’s decision upheld in Sweeting v Mok, 2017 ONCA 203
As an employer, you need to be careful what you say in the heat of the moment. That is the takeaway from the Ontario Court of Appeal’s recent decision in…
Wiley Executive Summary
Letter Alleging Wrongful Termination and Seeking Reinstatement Constitutes a “Demand for Damages or Other Relief”
In a win for Wiley Rein’s client, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado has held that a liability insurer had no duty to defend an Equal Employment…
Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada
Post-Termination Bonus Entitlement
By Lisa Stam
[caption id="attachment_8489" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo Credit - Jimi Filipovski[/caption] Bonus entitlement is always a juicy topic. In September the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released a decision that shed some…
California Employment Law Update
Employer Was Not Liable For Marital Status Discrimination Or Failure To Investigate
By Tony Oncidi
Nakai v. Friendship House Ass'n of Am. Indians, Inc., 15 Cal. App. 5th 32 (2017) Orlando Nakai was employed for over 20 years by Friendship House, a drug and alcohol…