Large law firms, networks competing on global stage
- Condominium Group
- Dec 30, 2007
- 1 min read
Large law firms, networks competing on global stage
December 31, 2007
An employer’s financial position should not be a consideration in determining termination pay, says employment and education lawyer Sheila MacKinnon.
“You don’t look at the circumstances of the employer, but the circumstances of the employee,” says MacKinnon, managing partner of Shibley Righton LLP’s Windsor office.
An Ontario Court of Appeal ruling involving teachers at a Windsor-area private school underscored that fact in Michela v. St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic School, 2015 ONCA 801.
Three teachers who were employed on a series of one-year contracts for several years launched a wrongful dismissal lawsuit that proceeded on a motion for summary judgment after the school failed to pay them in lieu of notice.
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