What is the impact of autonomy on the relationship between an employee and the employer?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Steel v. Coast Capital Savings Credit Union, 2013 BCSC 527 (CanLII):
In addition, employees who work with greater autonomy are held to a higher standard of trust. The greater the autonomy the employee enjoys, the more fundamental trust becomes to the employment relationship, see Godden v. CAE Electronics Ltd., 2002 BCSC 132.
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