What is the range of damages for wrongful dismissal when an employee has been unemployed for 16 months?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Daley v. Golden Child Care Society, 2000 BCSC 50 (CanLII):
In Dixon v. British Columbia Transit (1995), 9 B.C.L.R. (3d) 108 (S.C.), Hamilton J. held that the defendant could not limit its liability to the one year salary set out in the contract of employment when the employee has been unemployed for sixteen months and the defendant admitted one month before the trial it did not have cause. The employee was entitled to general damages for wrongful dismissal based on a reasonable notice period of fourteen months.
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