ADMS 3420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: The Globe And Mail, Wrongful Dismissal
8 Jun 2018
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A Brief History of the Origins of Implied Reasonable Notice
- In Britain, judges in 19th century presumed that employment contracts were for one
year, unless the contract stated otherwise (annual hire contracts)
- The presumption of annual hire was not adopted by Canadian judges.
- We didt hae a eploet util the 9s
- Nor did Canadian judges follow the path of American courts towards an At Will
presumption that assumed employment contracts last for 1 second and can be
terminated at any time for any or no reason without any notice
- By 1920s, it was established that indefinite term employment contracts in Canada are
presued to e teriale giig of reasoale otie
- Presumption means that is how it begins/assumed unless said otherwise
What is ‘easoale Notie?
- The ae for lasuits here eploees lai the haet ee gie eough otie is
called wrongful dismissal
- An employer can fire someone for anything as long as they give notice
- An employer can fire without notice if the employee has done something terrible
- Judges deide ho uh otie is reasoale.
- ‘easoale otie is a pro for ho log it should reasoal take the disissed
employee to find similar alternate work
- In assessing this, judges look at a list of factors originally listed in a 1960 case called
Bardal v. Globe & Mail (p. 159):
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Document Summary
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