When is mitigation mitigation an obligation of a dismissed employee to accept a reasonable offer of new employment?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Kawacatoose First Nation v. Ireland, 2004 FC 1686 (CanLII):
Counsel for the former employer cited the following words of this Court in Dmitrick v. Brink's Canada Ltd.[6] on the issue of mitigation: In general, a dismissed employee has an obligation to lessen his damages by accepting a reasonable offer of new employment.
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