Trial court found employer didn’t have to allow rescission of retirement notice; Appeal court found notice was contingent on circumstances
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The Ontario Court of Appeal has overturned a lower court’s finding that an insurance company employee was bound to her retirement notice and couldn’t change her mind after circumstances at work changed. As a result, the employer’s insistence on holding the employee to her notice has cost it wrongful dismissal damages worth one year of the employee’s salary and benefits.
