British Columbia: Supreme Court Verdict Impacts Termination Clauses

British Columbia’s Supreme Court has ruled in favor of employees, impacting termination clauses. The ruling is for employees being provided common law reasonable notice even if the employer terminates or retracts the offer before the employee commences work. In Buchanan vs. Introjunction Ltd., 2017 BCSC 1002 the court ruled that the plaintiff was wrongfully dismissed and awarded him six weeks’ pay in lieu of notice.

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