$19.6 million award against employees upheld

Employees may owe more notice if they're difficult to replace: Court

An award ordering former employees of an Ontario company to pay their former employer almost $20 million for failing to provide reasonable notice of resignation and starting up a competing business has been upheld by the province’s Court of Appeal. On March 1, 2012, the appeal court upheld the Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s decision that four employees were to provide 10 months’ notice of their resignation.

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