What is the effect of an employer's contact with an employee after the employee has been dismissed?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Fobert v MCRCI Medicinal Cannabis Resource Centre Inc., 2020 BCSC 2043 (CanLII):

I note the employer’s dealings with the employee after the dismissal may be considered as part of the manner of dismissal: see Acumen Law Corporation v. Ojanen, 2019 BCSC 1352 at para. 126.

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