3.Common Law Notice
•Over the years, Canadian courts have determined that an employee’s reasonable common law notice must be determined by a number of factors
•The Ontario judgment most often cited with respect to these factors is Bardal v.
Globe and Mail Ltd. (“Bardal”), a 1960 case of the Ontario High Court (as it was then called)
•In Bardal, the court set out the following factors that determine the applicable notice period:
–The character of the employment (i.e. the position held by the employee)