B.C. Court of Appeal overturns lower court’s decision that constructive dismissal lawsuit repudiated employment contract
In Lewis v. Terrace Tourism Society, the British Columbia Court of Appeal was faced with two intriguing issues: Whether an employee on maternity leave was entitled to receive reasonable notice of termination of her employment if the employer ceased operations prior to her return and whether the employee’s lawsuit against the employer, filed during the course of employment, amounted to just cause for dismissal.
