pension Tag

22 Oct

Posted at 15:57h in Employment, Civil Litigation & Immigration Law Articles by

The fundamental principle applicable to quantifying damages in wrongful dismissal cases is that the damages award should place an employee in the same economic position that they would have been in, had they not been wrongfully dismissed. In determining damages, the court will typically include...

04 Mar

Posted at 20:38h in Employment, Civil Litigation & Immigration Law Articles by

Pension is a negotiated benefit that forms an integral part of an employee’s total compensation package and in this regard there’s a close relationship and dialectical tension between salaries, pensions, and damages. The recent case of IBM Canada Ltd v. Waterman starkly exemplifies this tension. In...