Is an employer's use of reasons for dismissal other than those given at the time of dismissal discriminatory?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Nelson v. Champion Feed Services Inc., 2010 ABQB 409 (CanLII):
That is essentially the point in Stone v. SDS, where Aitken J. characterized the employer’s use of reasons for dismissal other than those given at the time of dismissal as being “disingenuous” (at para. 104).
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