Suing the Boss

Law.com notes an interesting trend in U.S. employment law litigation.

Employees are increasingly advancing direct claims against their managers and supervisors in employment law lawsuits, by including them as individual, named Defendants in their court actions.

These claims are typically made by Plaintiff employees alongside their more usual employment law damages claims against their corporate employers (e.g. wrongful dismissal, constructive dismissal, harassment or discriminaion).

In other words, these employees are suing the boss personally:

Employment law is getting personal

An increasing number of executives, managers and other company leaders are being sued personally for their work-related decisions.

Labor and employment attorneys note that the increase in personal lawsuits has put upper management on edge, many fearing that every time they make a decision involving salary, leaves of absence or benefit issues, they could be sued.

Recent court decisions have added to this fear

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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