Nhi Huynh provided her insights regarding Chalmers v Airways Transit Service Ltd and Badder Capital Group Ltd, a recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, in which the employer was found to have constructively dismissed an employee and was ordered to pay out 25 months’ salary and benefits in lieu of notice plus $30,000 in punitive damages.
See an excerpt below:
25 months’ notice: Ontario exec also awarded $30,000 in punitive damages after COVID layoffs
‘It’s a cautionary tale for employers to not circumvent their obligations by playing fast and loose and hoping the employee will resign’
An Ontario employer has been ordered to pay a long-term worker 25 months’ notice plus $30,000 in punitive damages for putting the worker on temporary layoff during the pandemic and never recalling him.