Just Cause

In O’Brien v San Forestry, a truck driver engaged in misconduct but the termination of employment was without just cause and he was owed to termination pay.

In Bailey v NAIT, 2024 ABKB 563, an application to set a matter down for streamlined trial failed because the evidence was considered too complex.

T & T Disposal Services v Leask, the Alberta employment standards appeal body found no just cause despite several instances of employee misconduct

In Blakkloud Hair Studio v. Hassan, 2024 ABESAB 12, an employer gave a final warning for misconduct that would have been just cause.

Sterling Crane v IUOE Local 955, 2024 CanLII 46844 is an Alberta arbitration decision where an arbitrator found there was no just cause for dismissal

Arsenault v Big Rock, 2024 ABKB 387 is an Alberta Court of King’s Bench decision where the Court found a matter unsuitable for streamlined trial

In Quong v Lafarge, 2024 ABKB 340, an employer had just cause to terminate an employee for failing a drug test and then refusing to follow drug policy

Bulldog Energy v Brown, is an employment standards appeal decision where an employer unsuccessfully claimed just cause to dismiss an employee.

In Ketch v Meadow Lake Mechanical, 2023 SKKB 241, a co-worker relationship ended in employment dismissal, purportedly for just cause.

In McDonald v Sproule, 2023 ABKB 587 (Marion) an employee won a large severance using summary judgment instead of a trial process

In Shalagin v Mercer Celgar, 2023 BCCA 373 the BCCA found the Employer had after-acquired just cause for dismissal as a result of secret recordings

Breen v Foremost Industries., 2023 ABKB 552 is a new Alberta decision where an employee sued for wrongful dismissal, but the employer turned the tables