What is a former employee’s duty to accept lower paying employment?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Slater v. Halifax Herald Limited, 2021 NSSC 210 (CanLII):
The employee’s duty is one owed to themselves, to act reasonably in their own interest to maintain their income and position in their industry, trade, or profession. The former employer does not have the right to expect that the former employee will accept lower paying alternative employment and then sue for the difference between what they make in that job and what they would have received as notice. Foreshaw v. Aluminex Extrusions Ltd., [1989] B.C.J. No. 1527 (CA).
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