Employment law

The Facts: Defendant, a pharmacist, is recruited by Plaintiff for the Centre de santé et de services sociaux de l’Ouest-de-l’Île. Defendant is paid a signing bonus of $10,000 on the condition she work

Issue: Does refusal to abide by the employer’s administrative policies constitute serious reason/insubordination?

Issue: Whether an employee’s dishonesty, in and of itself, necessarily gives rise to just cause for summary dismissal.

Issue: Abuse of rights in the termination of employment. Decision: In the case of unjustified dismissal, there will be an abuse of right only if an additional fault was committed

Issue: When an employee gives the employer a prior notice of resignation, can the employer terminate the employee before said notice?

Issue:  Abuse of rights in the termination of employment. The employer, Montrusco, recruits and encourages the employee to leave his previous employment to join Montrusco.  Eight months later, Montrusco terminates

Issue: The notion of serious reason to terminate. The Facts: The employer terminates the V.P. finance.  The reason given by the employer is his failure to achieve the financial objectives.