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Lee McKeigan-Dempsey · Lawyer · Employment · Moncton
76 Albert Street, Moncton, NB E1C 1B1
Represents individuals in employment matters, from wrongful dismissal actions to human rights claims, and advises small and medium-sized businesses. She also acts for clients buying, selling or refinancing real estate. The firm also covers family law, and wills and estates.
Wrongful dismissal and severance, unpaid wages, workplace harassment and human rights at work. Most New Brunswick workers are covered by the Employment Standards Act; banks, airlines, telecoms and other federally regulated employers come under the Canada Labour Code instead.
A human rights complaint must be filed within 12 months of the alleged violation. A court claim, including wrongful dismissal, must be started within two years of the day it is discovered. Employment standards complaints have their own deadline — ask the Employment Standards office. If your employer is federally regulated (a bank, airline or telecom company, for example), an unjust dismissal complaint under the Canada Labour Code must be filed within 90 days.
The Employment Standards Act minimum is two weeks' written notice if you have worked for the employer for at least six months but less than five years, and four weeks after five years or more; the employer can pay the wages instead. Unless your contract validly limits you to those minimums, a court may award more based on your age, role, length of service and how long it should take to find similar work.
Employment standards complaints go to the province's Employment Standards office and human rights complaints to the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission. Lawsuits up to $20,000 can go to the Small Claims Court, and larger claims to the Court of King's Bench — for Moncton, see the court list on our Moncton page.
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