LAW 529 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Wrongful Dismissal, The Employer, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
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Tandet transport inc (2002: 370: reid v stratford. 6 employees where unhappy with proposed changes to their employment, including changes to their compensation program. They send a letter to employer stating that they want to discuss the matters; he refused. The employees took his refusal as an indication that he did not want them to report to work and until they receive another memo stating otherwise they will not go to work. The employer wrote to the employee"s individually stating that he accepts their resignation. As he told them to leave their keys and expense accounts cards and they were escorted out of the building. After 7 years of employment, g was temporarily laid off; June 5 that employer sent out a notice saying that if he does not return to work by june 9 he would be treated as having resigned.