Band 10 manager sued and won a lot more.
https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/chaudhri-2023-starts-off-with-bang-as-employee-awarded-27-months-of-wrongful-dismissal-damages
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Protected woke socialists make excellent employees
In Canada IBM offers just above the minimum required by the law as written, any decent labor lawyer should be able to get you around required by common law (legal precedents) which is much greater, especially the longer you've been at the company.
Also, if you get RA'd IBM will pressure you into immediately signing the paperwork to accept their offer, implying that if you don't sign you'll get nothing or much less. Total BS - don't sign away anything without talking to a lawyer. Bonus: watch their reactions when you say you'd like your lawyer to review the paperwork. :)
Roughly a $450k win + legal fees. What's sad about this story is after 38 years of dedicated service this guy put in - he was treated this way in the end by the employer. Sad. Big difference from what the employer offered - 11 weeks of working notice (+1 in lieu of notice) and 26 weeks severance and accrued vacation and no RSU's.
When the dust settles American companies will remember the pitfalls of Canadian labor laws and will never reinvest there again.
The id--t who was running the show for .com is now a landscaper
Canadians can sit on their duff and still remain employed It's a real problem
Laying off/Resource Action and Termination for Performance are two entirely different things.
Impossible to lay off a canadian... definitely not. Tell that to the entirety of my former team. It is certainly more expensive to get rid of a Canadian but not even almost impossible.
Woke since 1971
Look whats happening with power LMAO
And if you need someone to complicate a "process" beyond recognition they're your people
Yeah they are so productive in Canada. Just look at .com LOL That was a huge success!
The award as for 27 months AND 55k for RSUs. So it was a very good win.
It is virtually impossible to terminate a Canadian. We had one guy on our team who was put on PIP 8 times in 3 years and never passed the requirements of any of them. He would openly announce and joke about it everytime. He eventually left on his own terms.
So the award was just related to RSUs when 'terminated'.
If so, I'm afraid that won't help most IBMers.
Wow, all of 55K awarded. How much will he take home after paying taxes and the lawyers ?
Good fight!