The year 2018 brought forth numerous noteworthy decisions in
employment law across the country. We have summarized several of
these decisions below.
PART 1 — QUÉBEC
(X) v. Reitmans (Canada)ltée, 2018
QCTAT 2357
A distribution centre supervisor with 35 years of service
challenged his termination after being sentenced to 20 months in
prison for sexually abusing a minor. Released pending the appeal of
the decision, the plaintiff, who had until then
"extended" his vacation, let his employer know that he
would be back to work the next day. Instead, the plaintiff was
thereafter terminated when the employer found out the reasons
behind his absence. The plaintiff's appeal was later denied and
he was incarcerated, at which point the employer terminated his
employment a second time, reasoning that he was unavailable to
work. In Québec, section 18.2 of the Charter of Human
Rights and Freedoms prohibits terminating an individual's
employment due to a conviction, if it is
