Is work fundamental to an individual's identity?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Mastrogiuseppe v. Bank of Nova Scotia, 2005 CanLII 46757 (ON SC):
In Machtinger v. HOJ Industries Ltd., 1992 CanLII 102 (SCC), [1992] 1 S.C.R. 986 at 1002, Iacobucci J. referred to the above quoted statement of Dickson C.J. then added “that not only is work fundamental to an individual's identity, but also that the manner in which employment can be terminated is equally important.”
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