A Matter of Opinion

For over 10-years, our principal Bruce Gillespie, has been providing expert opinion to legal counsel and courts in regard to Canadian wrongful dismissal cases.

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Individuals and organizations are best served by early, fair settlements of wrongful dismissal cases.  This is equally the case for an organization wanting move ahead, and to an individual needing to focus their attention on a successful transition away from their previous employer.  Both parties gain by being able to objectively understand the factors that will impact their severance award.

 Recent awards in wrongful dismissal cases seem to show greater standardization of settlements in regard to factoring in issues of age, and length of service.  However, issues around the difficulty of mitigation faced by an individual provide a greater challenge to parties needing to reach settlement.  To overcome the apparent subjectivity of assessing these situations, accurate data is required on numerous factors including: 

bulletavailability of similar work or opportunity
bulletseasonal adjustments in the availability of work
bulletdynamic supply and demand relationships
bulletassessment of individual differences 
bulletthe impact of job search efforts and methodology
bulletdifferences between national and regional markets 

ReWerx provides expert opinion to assist legal firms and their clients reach earlier, mutual settlements.

Having  assisted individuals in replacing employment for over 10 years, Bruce Gillespie now provides guidance, research and support to organizations on matters of management practices and human resource issues.  He has been consulted for opinions relative to issues pertaining to severance offers, mitigation activities, job search effectiveness and job market characteristics within Canada.

Our expert opinion is current and research based.  With broad exposure to international research and practices, we have gained recognition for our understanding of job search techniques, our surveys of severance practices and the statistics relating to individual job searchers.   

For further information please contact Bruce at (604) 264-0010 or by e-mail to bg@rewerx.com