Law360 Canada ( February 26, 2020, 8:05 AM EST) -- Appeal by the employer from damages awarded to the respondent under a one‑year fixed‑term contract of employment. After the respondent accepted the fixed term contract but before he commenced work, the appellant required the respondent to sign a second contract which provided for month-to-month employment terminable upon four weeks’ written notice or payment of one month’s salary in lieu of notice. The appellant terminated the contract before the employment began without cause. The respondent obtained alternative employment soon after the repudiation. The respondent then sued for damages under the fixed-term contract pursuant to which the entire annual salary was due and owing to him. The trial judge found that the second contract failed for lack of consideration and that the fixed-term contract was thus operative....