Wrongful Dismissal: Brake v. PJ-M2R Restaurant Inc.

**Brake v. PJ-M2R Restaurant Inc., 2017 ONCA 402 Employment — Wrongful dismissal — Constructive dismissal — Employer telling restaurant manager that she could accept demotion to position as first assistant with meaningfully inferior benefits or be fired — Employee constructively dismissed — Employee not obliged to accept humiliating demotion in order to mitigate her damages. Employment — Wrongful dismissal — Damages — Mitigation — Trial judge awarding constructively dismissed employee damages based on notice period of 20 years (inclusive of statutory entitlement to termination and severance pay) — Employment income earned by employee during statutory entitlement period not subject to deduction...

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