Severance

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 Plotnikoff v Associated Engineering 2024 ABKB 706, the Court found a termination clause did not restrict severance and that the employee had not failed to mitigate.

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.

In Rosenberg v Northern Nursing Solutions Inc., 2024 ABCJ 220, a 2 year employee received 6 months of severance and aggravated damages.

In Scarrow v Walkey et al, the ONSC awarded $343,980.00 to a 58-year-old farm labourer/manager with 40 years of service.

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In Park Paving Ltd. v Mullins, an employer was ordered to pay termination pay, holiday pay, and vacation pay in an OHS disciplinary action complaint.

In Miciak v Sarah McLachlan School of Music, the AHRT adopted a decision from another forum that the complainant had been dismissed, not resigned.

In Idris v Grand West Electric, 2024 ABCJ a Site Supervisor with a pay cut from $45 to $38 / hr was constructively dismissed and awarded 9 months’ severance.

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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