George,an employee,breaches a fixed-term employment contract by quitting before the end of the term.What can his employer,MNO Inc.,recover as damages?

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If an employee breaches a fixed-term employment contract by quitting before the end of the term, the employer may be able to recover damages. The damages may include the cost of hiring a replacement employee plus any increase in salary paid to the replacement employee. This is because the employer will have to spend money to find and train a replacement, and the replacement may be paid more than the original employee, especially if the job market is tight. The employer may not be able to recover all amounts already paid to the employee under the contract, as the employee may have already done some work for those amounts. The employer cannot force the employee to perform a job against their will, so nothing can be recovered in that sense.

George,an Employee,breaches a Fixed-Term Employment Contract by Quitting Before the End