Where an employer refers a prospective employee to written probationary guidelines during pre-contractual negotiations to explain the meaning of 'probation', those guidelines may be incorporated into the contract and establish an objective standard for assessing performance during the probationary period. Failure to comply with the procedural requirements of such guidelines renders a dismissal during probation wrongful. Damages for wrongful dismissal during a probationary period of a fixed-term contract may extend to the full contract term where the evidence shows the employee would not have been terminated but for the circumstances giving rise to the wrongful dismissal.
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