by Evolution Legal - Calgary Employment Lawyers | Jan 4, 2026 | Constructive Dismissal, Severance
Background and Issue In Twilley v Alberta, 2025 ABKB 587, Leslie Twilley was a non-unionized Alberta public sector employee. After leaving her position, she filed a civil claim alleging constructive dismissal and sought a declaration that section 25.01 of the Public...
by Evolution Legal - Calgary Employment Lawyers | Jan 2, 2026 | Constructive Dismissal
In McFarlane v King Ursa Inc, 2025 ONSC 3553, the plaintiff was a senior executive at a marketing agency who went on maternity leave after a rapid rise to an Executive Vice-President role. During her leave, the employer faced financial troubles, and other executives...
by Evolution Legal - Calgary Employment Lawyers | Dec 8, 2025 | Constructive Dismissal
Case Summary: In Osmani v Universal Structural Restorations Ltd., 2022 ONSC 6979, the Ontario Superior Court found that the plaintiff, Mr. Osmani, had been constructively dismissed after enduring repeated workplace harassment and abuse from his supervisor, which the...
by Evolution Legal - Calgary Employment Lawyers | Dec 6, 2025 | Bad Faith, Constructive Dismissal
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s decision in Scarrow v Walkey et al, 2024 ONSC 3876, underscores key legal principles in employment law, particularly concerning constructive dismissal, implied contractual terms, and employer obligations. Constructive...
by Evolution Legal - Calgary Employment Lawyers | Nov 29, 2025 | Constructive Dismissal
Constructive dismissal is a legal concept that protects employees when an employer makes a fundamental change to the job or creates intolerable working conditions, effectively forcing the employee to resign. In Alberta, as in the rest of Canada, the law may treat such...
by Evolution Legal - Calgary Employment Lawyers | Nov 7, 2025 | Constructive Dismissal, Harassment
Workplace harassment can involve unwelcome behaviour that makes an employee feel humiliated, threatened, or unsafe. Workplace harassment generally means any unwelcome or inappropriate behavior in the workplace that intimidates, offends, degrades, or humiliates a...
