Just Cause

In Sobeys Western Cellars v Alamag, an employee was terminated but they agreed to call it a resignation. This was found to be an agreement with no severance.

In Arbortech Utility Services v Coderre, 2024 ABESAB 23, the employer did not have just cause to terminate its employee for performance issues.

In Singh v Clark Builders, 2025 ABKB 3, the Alberta Court of King’s Bench upheld a termination clause based partly on surrounding circumstances. 

In Dufault v Ignace, 2024 ONCA 915, the Ontario Court of Appeal found a termination clause in an employment contract was unenforceable.

In Wan v H&R Block Canada Inc., 2024 ABKB 734, the Court considered whether secret recordings by an Alberta employee at work were just cause.

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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