Tag: Accommodation

Employer’s Egregious Mistreatment of Disabled Employee Leads to Increase in Damages Award

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In a recent wrongful dismissal case, Strudwick v. Applied Consumer & Clinical Evaluations Inc., the Court of Appeal increased the amount of damages awarded to an employee from $113,782 to $240,000, for what the Court of Appeal described as “a marked departure from any conceivable standard of decent behaviour” in an employer’s treatment of its employee…

OAPC Conference

Topics Case Law Update – Anything Interesting You Need to Know? Accommodation Update – Light Duties and Community Paramedicine Legislative Updates – New Developments

Disclosure of Disability Post-Termination Won’t Negate Dismissal for Cause

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Is an employer obligated to set aside the termination of an employee if the employee subsequently discloses a disability? The Ontario Court of Appeal has seemingly answered this question in the case of Bellehumeur v. Windsor Factory Supply Ltd. and provided clarity to employers regarding their ability to discipline inappropriate workplace conduct perpetrated by employees who suffer…