What is the range of damages for breach of contract when an employee is dismissed without reasonable notice?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Brake v. PJ-M2R Restaurant Inc., 2017 ONCA 402 (CanLII):
An employee who is dismissed without reasonable notice is entitled to damages for breach of contract based on the employment income the employee would have earned during the reasonable notice period, less any amounts received in mitigation of loss during the notice period: Sylvester v. British Columbia, 1997 CanLII 353 (SCC), [1997] 2 S.C.R. 315, at paras. 14-17.
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