Is a fiduciary employee’s duty to his employer enforceable?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Veolia ES Industrial Services Inc. v. Brulé, 2012 ONCA 173 (CanLII):

It is clear that certain of a fiduciary employee’s duties to his employer may survive his employment: Can. Aero v. O’Malley, 1973 CanLII 23 (SCC), [1974] S.C.R. 592.

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