Is an employer entitled to an opinion of an employee's conduct that is not based on their own opinion?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Ernst v. Destiny Software Productions Inc., 2012 BCSC 542 (CanLII):

The employee’s conduct is to be judged, not by the employer’s – or, indeed, the employee’s – opinion, but objectively: Kokilev v. Picquic Tool Company Inc., 2010 BCSC 1412, at para. 143

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