Employees fired for improper expense reports get big damage awards

Board of directors, new executive director of Saskatchewan facility believed business trip was for personal reasons, but previous director had approved it

A Saskatchewan employer must pay 24 and 20 months’ notice, respectively, to two employees it fired for charging expenses for a business trip the employer believed was for personal reasons, because the trip was authorized by the employees' supervisor and they had no reason to believe it wasn’t legitimate.

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