Long-term worker wins constructive dismissal (Legal View)

Employer decided employee wasn’t qualified for supervisory job he held for 24 years, bumped him to lesser position with same salary – and was ordered to pay 18 months’ notice

An Ontario employer has been ordered to pay 18 months’ notice to an employee after deciding he wasn’t suitable for a job he had performed for more than 20 years.

Dunstan Morgan, 56, was a dock supervisor at Vitran Express Canada, a freight transportation company based in Concord, Ont. He joined Vitran’s predecessor in 1984 and was promoted two years later to dock supervisor.

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