Is there any case law where there is no stipulated duration of the employment?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Coyes v. Ocelot Industries Ltd., 1984 CanLII 1191 (AB QB):
It is to be noted that McRuer C.J.H.C. was concerned with a case where “there was no stipulated duration of the employment” but “both parties undoubtedly considered that the employment was to be of a permanent character”: Bardal v. Globe & Mail, supra, at p. 254.
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