In this employment law matter, we represented a hospital administrator in a claim for wrongful dismissal damages. The Defendant took the position that it owed our client only 12 months notice – they denied that she was entitled to the banked sick leave time or the retiring allowance referred to in her employment contract. The Defendant refused to recognize our client’s past service with other health-care employers dating back to 1988. The Court found in favour of our client on all claims and recognized her full past employment service. Our client received an award of 18 months notice (the most allowed for such a public servant by law) plus payments for banked sick leave and retiring allowance. This decision is important for employment law issues concerning public sector employees.
