Dismissing an Employee in the Federal Sector?
You Will Need More Than a Severance Package

Presented on Thursday, August 11, 2016

  • Materials:
  • Dismissing an Employee in the Federal Sector?
    You Will Need More Than a Severance Package

  • About this program:
  • Join our panel of McCarthy Tétrault experts for an update on without cause terminations following the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Wilson v. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. The Supreme Court of Canada allowed the appeal in Wilson v. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., and ruled that federally regulated employers must provide justification for dismissing a non-unionized employee or risk facing the “galaxy of discretionary remedies, including, most notably, reinstatement”.

    McCarthy Tétrault has published a detailed review of the decision here.

    The webinar will not be a detailed review of the contents of the decision, but instead will focus on the practical implications of the decision and strategies that federally-regulated employers can use to ameliorate its effects moving forward. Speakers: Tim Lawson, Shana Wolch and Christopher McHardy, moderated by Kate McNeill-Keller.


    This program qualifies for up to 1.0 hour of eligible educational activity or CPD/MCE credit under the mandatory education regimes in British Columbia, Ontario and Québec.