MHR 523 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Wrongful Dismissal, Punitive Damages

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Human Resources
• Course: MHR 523
• Professor: Danielle lamb

Document Summary

Promoting engagement through communication: suggestion programs, employee opinion surveys, firm performance data from management. In canada, in non-unionized workplaces where employment contracts have no definitive end date (most cases), employees can be dismissed for any reason i. e. with or without just cause, provided that: If an employee is dismissed without just cause, s/he must be given either a) reasonable notice or b) payment in lieu of notice. Dismissal for just cause: dismissal for just cause termination based on poor behaviour, no severance or additional notice period require insubordination, disregard or disobedience of authority, often provides grounds for just cause. Wrongful dismissal: an employee dismissal that does not comply with the law or does not comply with a written or implied contractual arrangement. Constructive dismissal: constructive dismissal: when the employer makes unilateral changes in the employment contract that are unacceptable to the employee, even though the employee has not been formally terminated.