Two months ago, when CanLII and Lancaster House launched the e-text on Wrongful Dismissal and Employment Law (1st ed.), it came with a promise of regular updates. We are pleased to advise that the first of those updates went live on July 3, 2012.
Among the dozens of updates, are to-the-minute additions and analysis incorporating very recent and influential appellate decisions such as:
GasTOPS Ltd. v. Forsyth, 2012 ONCA 134 (CanLII), addressing, among other things, post-employment fiduciary obligations.
Bowes v. Goss Power Products Ltd., 2012 ONCA 425 (CanLII), addressing exceptions to the duty to mitigate where a contract provides for a fixed notice period.
This easy to search and browse e-text has proven extremely popular, attracting over 27,000 page views in just two months of availability.
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Other important appellate cases incorporated into the e-text include the following:
Elgert v. Home Hardware Stores Ltd., 2011 ABCA 112 (CanLII) and Beggs v. Westport Foods Ltd., 2011 BCCA 76 (CanLII), addressing, among other things, the evidence required to prove Wallace-type manner of dismissal damages
Hart v. Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Kingston, in Canada, 2011 ONCA 728 (CanLII), addressing the jurisdiction of courts to review employment-related disputes within self-governing organizations
Brown v. Pronghorn Controls Ltd., 2011 ABCA 328 (CanLII), addressing, among other things, an employee's legal options when asked by an employer to move to another office in a different geographic location
Sumner v. PCL Constructors Inc., 2011 ABCA 326 (CanLII), addressing, among other things, whether mitigation earnings must be deducted from wrongful dismissal damages on a pre or post-tax basis
Waterman v. IBM Canada Limited, 2011 BCCA 337 (CanLII) addressing, among other things, the deductibility of pension benefits from notice period damages
Di Tomaso v. Crown Metal Packaging Canada LP, 2011 ONCA 469 (CanLII), addressing the significance of "job "status" and character of employment in determining reasonable notice
