Vernon v. British Columbia (Liquor Distribution Branch) 2012 BCSC 133
The Court awarded our client 18 months severance, $35,000 in aggravated damages and $50,000 in punitive damages after she was wrongfully dismissed from her job of 30 years with the Liquor Board. Download Case PDF
Chan v. Dencan Restaurants, 2011 BCSC 1439
Our client is 63 years of age and was a managment level employee employed by Denny's for 15 years. The court found that our client had not resigned from his employment but had instead been wrongfully dismissed by Denny's and awarded him 18 months of severance. Download Case PDF
McIntosh v. Metro Aluminum Products and Augustynowicz 2011 BCHRT 346
Our client brought a successful human rights complaint against her former employer and boss for sexual harassment (unwanted text messages), and received approximately $29,500 in compensation, including $12,500 tax free in general damages for injury to dignity, feelings and self-respect.
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Telling the boss from hell (politely and tactfully) where to go
Reporting to an ogre? You don't have to suffer in silence. There are ways to take effective action without losing your job or hurting your career. Simon Kent is quoted in this Globe and Mail article written by Marjo JohneClick here to read the article (March 14, 2008)
Hours of Work and Overtime – A Review of the Employment Standards Act
Prepared for Lorman Education Services and presented on February 1, 2008Click here to read the article
Current issues in mitigation: the duty to mitigate in the face of a constructive dismissal or re-employment offer
What is an employee’s duty to mitigate her losses by accepting an offer of a different position with the employer in the context of a possible constructive dismissal?
Dismissing the Probationary and Short-term Employee:
Has the Court recognized the imbalance of power or have judges simply gone too far?Click here to read the article (July 2007)
Wrongfully dismissed employees get paid by invoking doctrine of common employer.
Click here to read the article (June 2007)Expedited Litigation Project
Rule 68 is a B.C. Supreme Court Rule that establishes an expedited ligitation pilot project. The Rule, and therefore this project, were in effect as of September 1, 2005 and will remain in place until at least September 1, 2007.Click here to read the article
Losing your job
Simon wrote an article for the web site "www.canada.lawyers.com" with some initial advice for employees that have been dismissed from their employment.Click here to read the article
Employment Law Summary Trials
Simon co-authoured a paper for the CLE Conference entitled - You’re Fired – Selected Issues on Employment Law Summary Trials.Download the pdf
Inducing Breach of an Employment Contract.
Jennifer wrote a paper for a 2006 Employment Law Conference.Click here to read the article (May 2006)
