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Dowdall v Nerco Con Mine Ltd.

Court Supreme Court
Date 1995-12-20
Other citations (1995) – [1996] N.W.T.R. 90 (S.C.) – 131 D.L.R. (4th) 380
File numbers CV 05804
Judge(s) Vertes
Location Yellowknife
Cases and statutes considered Cases considered:
Arny's General Stores Ltd. v. Labour Standards Board, [1987] N.W.T.R. 184
Machtinger v. HOJ Industries Ltd., [1992] 1 S.C.R. 986
Queen's University v. Fraser (1985), 19 D.L.R. (4th) 240
Weber v. Ontario Hydro (1995), 125 D.L.R. (4th) 583
Steimaschuk v. Dean, [1995] 9 W.W.R. 131
Mattocks v. Smith & Stone (192) Inc. (1990), 34 C.C.E.L. 273
Stevens v. Globe & Mail (1993), 45 C.C.E.L. 50
Blair v. Alberta (Employment Standards Officer) (1995), 125 D.L.R. (4th) 732
C.J.A. Local 579 v. Bradco Construction Ltd., [1993] 2 S.C.R. 316
Canada (Attorney General) v. P.S.A.C., [1993] 1 S.C.R. 941
New Brunswick Liquor Corp. v. C.U.P.E. Local 963 (1979), D.L.R. (3d) 417 (S.C.C.)

Statutes considered:
Canada Labour Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. L-2
Employment Standards Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E-14
Labour Standards Act, R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c. L-1, s. 3(1)
Labour Standards Act, R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c. L-1, s. 14.03
Labour Standards Act, R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c. L-1, s. 45(1)
Labour Standards Act, R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c. L-1, s. 45(2)
Labour Standards Act, R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c. L-1, s. 53
Decision information:

Abstract: Application sought to quash the decision of the Board holding that a payment made by her employer on her dismissal satisfied the termination pay requirements in the Act. Severance under the collective agreement and termination pay under the Act were one and the same the benefits conferred by the Act were not to be a supplement to the collective bargaining regime.
Decision: Application dismissed. Board's decision not patently unreasonable warranting intervention
Subjects: Employment law

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