Author: Alfred Kempf

Alf Kempf is a senior litigator whose practice focuses on labour and employment law as well as commercial and insolvency matters. He provides pragmatic advice and guidance on legal matters…

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Most non-unionized employees can be dismissed without cause with appropriate notice or pay in lieu.
See the complete written Court of Appeal case reasons here.
I fired an employee and paid the Labour Standards severance pay of 4 weeks. Now the employee is suing me for more? Is that right?
Jian Ghomeshi is just one example of an employee who regrets taking action against his employer. A recent case in BC involved a project manager who was terminated without just

On February 17th, last year I wrote about a case (Johnstone v. Canada (A.G.)) in which a mother was awarded substantial damages because her employer did not accommodate her requests

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