Can an employment contract end through what is known as a constructive dismissal?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from ADM Measurements Ltd. v. Bullet Electric Ltd., 2012 ABQB 150 (CanLII):
An employment contract can end through what is legally called a constructive dismissal: Farber v. Royal Trust Co., 1997 CanLII 387 (SCC), [1997] 1 S.C.R. 846 at paras. 33-36, 145 D.L.R. (4th) 1.
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