BUS 483 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Statutory Interpretation

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 483
• Professor: Sasha Ramnarine

Document Summary

Former employees (former b/c company now bankrupt) Zitter, siblin & associates inc (trustees in bankruptcy of company) April 13, 1989: r&r filed for bankruptcy, thus ending all employment. July 1989: liquidated r&r assets & paid employees. Nov 1898: ministry of labour audited r&r, found 2. 6 mil owing for termination & vacation pay, over 14k for severance pay. Rule of law: should not read legislation word for word, must judge it by context. Statutory interpretation = process of how courts interpret & apply legislation. Machtinger v. hoj industries ltd case as reference. Esa states that termination & severance pay not applicable for companies who go bankrupt. Not fair if day before bankruptcy employee leaves & gets all payments, but day after bankruptcy employees that leave get nothing. Holdings: employees were paid termination & severance pay, not sure how much exactly.