What is the range of damages for breach of contract when an employee is dismissed without advance notice of termination?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Leeming v. IBM Canada Ltd., 2015 ONSC 1447 (CanLII):
An employee who is dismissed without reasonable advance notice of termination is entitled to damages for breach of contract based on the employment income the employee would have earned during the reasonable notice period, less any amounts received in mitigation of the loss: Sylvester v. British Columbia, 1997 CanLII 353 (SCC), [1997] 2 S.C.R. 315.
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