This employment law matter involves the fourth plaintiff we had to bring to Court to recover wrongful dismissal damages from a local high tech employer arising from downsizing efforts. In a previous decision (Lee, Lewis and Eden v. PMC) we successfully recovered a range of notice periods for similarly situated, wrongfully dismissed employees.
Despite the earlier decision, the employer was unwilling to heed the Court's determination of reasonable notice periods. This required us to again go to Court with Mr. T's case. The result was consistent with the earlier decisions. Our client was 38 years old with 8.5 years of service in a specialized technical position. He received 11 months notice plus employment benefits that would have accrued within the notice period. Wrongful dismissal damages included stock options, the value of which had appreciated following the termination of his employment.