In this employment law matter we successfully represented the co-executive director of the Society in a wrongful dismissal claim based on a verbal fixed term employment contract. We successfully obtained judgment for our client by overcoming a defence that she had quit. The Peace Society was found to have wrongfully demoted Ms. Hainsworth from her senior role and effectively constructively dismissed her from her employment by the demotion. She was awarded damages equivalent to her salary for the balance of her fixed term employment contract, costs relating to early termination of her lease, and legal costs. The case is an important decision on the principles of constructive dismissal, a form of wrongful dismissal.
