Are there any cases where an employee was awarded an aggravated dismissal award?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Lau v. Royal Bank of Canada, 2015 BCSC 1639 (CanLII):
Aggravated damages in wrongful dismissal cases are compensatory in nature. It is an implied term of an employment contract that an employer will act in good faith in the manner of dismissal: Beggs v. Westport Foods Ltd., 2011 BCCA 76, 14 B.C.L.R. (5th) 1 at para 48.
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