Alberta Court of Appeal: Employees Entitled to Common Law
Reasonable Notice When Termination Clause Is Ambiguous
Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory
Agency
Authors: Rhonda B. Levy, Knowledge Management Counsel, and Monty
Verlint, Partner – Littler
In [Bryant], 2022 ABCA 220, the Alberta Court of Appeal
found three long-term employees who signed a standard form
employment contract with a termination clause entitling them to
"sixty (60) days or more written notice," were entitled
to common law reasonable notice because the termination clause was
not sufficiently clear, unequivocal and unambiguous.
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