The ‘Great Resignation’ has left much of our country with a glut of jobs to fill.
Labour shortages have pushed businesses to innovate new ways to entice reluctant workers to re-enter the workforce. Still, the sting of a termination can create a resounding impact in the courts. Such was the case of Diane Currie.
Currie worked for Nylene Canada Inc. (Nylene) and was terminated after 39 years of employment. She started her employment at 18 and did not attain a high school diploma, having attended only up to Grade 11. She had planned to work for Nylene until retirement.
Employed as a Chief Operator she scheduled the quality and utilization of production equipment, assigned work to production employees, handled minor personnel problems and ensured the proper functioning of equipment and safe working procedures.
In December 2018, she was told the company was discontinuing its fibre operation and that 17 employees were to be terminated, including Ms. Currie. She was 58 at the time of her termination.
Generally, in employment law, 24 months of damages is the ceiling for wrongful dismissal damages. Exceptional circumstances must be established in order to obtain wrongful dismissal damages that exceed that threshold. Currie was able to establish exceptional circumstances at trial.
The court found her entire working life had been dedicated to working for her employer.
The court stated: “She has known nothing else. She left high school to start working...
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