LAW 529 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Positio, Performance Management, Wrongful Dismissal

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 529
• Professor: Clara Chapdelaine- Feliciati

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If employee quits: employee is not entitled to wrongful dismissal damages, employer only owes outstanding wages and vacation pay (i. e. no reasonable notice) If employer gi(cid:448)es the e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)ee the (cid:272)hoi(cid:272)e to (cid:862)(cid:396)esig(cid:374) o(cid:396) (cid:271)e dis(cid:373)issed(cid:863) (cid:894)i. e. constructive dismissal; not voluntary), the (cid:272)ou(cid:396)t usuall(cid:455) dete(cid:396)(cid:373)i(cid:374)es that the (cid:396)esig(cid:374)atio(cid:374) is(cid:374)"t (cid:448)olu(cid:374)ta(cid:396)(cid:455) Employer is then usually obliged to provide pay in lieu of reasonable notice or show just cause for dismissal. If employer changed the employment contract (i. e. breach of contract), and the employee resigned because of that, the employee is entitled to damages for constructive dismissal. Gilbert contacted that employer and asked if the position was full-ti(cid:373)e (cid:894)he did(cid:374)"t want to quit his current part-time job for another part-ti(cid:373)e positio(cid:374)(cid:895), (cid:271)ut the e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)e(cid:396) (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t able to contact him back. Employer processed his resignation, but arbitrator found he was dismissed, and was therefore entitled to statutory termination and severance pay. It"s usuall(cid:455) diffi(cid:272)ult fo(cid:396) e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)e(cid:396) to sho(cid:449) that he suffe(cid:396)ed da(cid:373)age.