Remote work arrangement sparks constructive dismissal case:
A B.C. appeal court has ruled that a long-running remote work arrangement can become part of an ...
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B.C. court upholds constructive dismissal over remote workThe marketing director had worked for the company about 18 years; the court addressed an individually approved arrangement.
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- British Columbia’s Court of Appeal found the mandatory full-time office return amounted to constructive dismissal.
- Flexible arrangements began in 2013; she moved home during the pandemic and continued afterward with management approval.
- After the dispute began in 2023, she resigned and sued; a trial court calculated damages using a 19-month notice period.
- The court said its ruling was fact-specific and does not automatically make every remote arrangement contractual.
It has long been the law that if people are being allowed to work from home, (and) they have not signed a contract saying the company can recall them at any time, and enough time goes by, as it certainly has by now for most people, calling them back to the office is a constructive dismissal, allowing them to refuse to go and to sue for wrongful dismissal.— Howard Levitt, Toronto-based employment lawyer, in an interview with CTVNews.ca
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