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Nova Scotia's Supreme Court held that a termination clause referring to statutory minimum notice and severance did not clearly displace common law reasonable notice. An employee with 8 years of service received 8 months of damages based on salary, commissions and benefits, with no reduction for alleged failure to mitigate.
The Supreme Court restored damages for a lost long term incentive payment of about $1.1 million after finding it would have been earned during a constructively dismissed employee's 15 month notice period. Plan terms referring to active employment and termination did not clearly remove his common law damages entitlement.
The Nova Scotia Labour Board rejected a teacher's claim that a lawyer's letter about a grievance settlement amounted to a prohibited reprisal, and it flagged a case citation it could not verify anywhere in its records.
Important prospective change for overtime, pay administration and employment-standards planning.
The Supreme Court's *Matthews* ruling explains when incentive compensation during a reasonable notice period can form part of dismissal damages. Plan wording and the timing of the triggering event matter.
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