Meadow Lake Pulp Mill ordered to pay $100K after firing man for workplace romance

By Jaryn Vecchio
Prince Albert NOW
November 21, 2023
Category: Health & Safety
Region: Canada, Canada West

SASKATCHEWAN — A Meadow Lake company will have to pay a former employee over $100,000 for wrongful dismissal. That’s coming from the Court of King’s Bench which agreed with Jim Ketch that Meadow Lake Mechanical Pulp (MLM) fired him without proper cause in 2016. This all stems from a relationship he had with a co-worker’s 21-year-old daughter. …MLM claimed he never disclosed the relationship and caused a rift in the workplace. The boiling point happened in April 2016 when the woman’s father, mother, and two brothers broke into the house she and Ketch were living in, starting an altercation. The judge overseeing the case said the incident would best be described as a ‘beating’ for Ketch. MLM started its own investigation and when they interviewed Ketch the focus wasn’t on the altercation but rather his conduct at work. …The judge argued against each claim. …Meanwhile, Ketch and his girlfriend are now married and have four kids. 

Read More