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Judge Awards Employee 30 Months’ Termination Pay

by MacLeod Law Firm | Feb 5, 2019 | For Employees

Judge Awards Employee 30 Months’ Termination Pay )If your employment is terminated after more than 30 years service, then you may be entitled to at least 30 months’ termination pay. This result happened in a recent case. The Facts Mr. Dawe was terminated without...

Do I Have to Accept a Demotion if My Job is Eliminated?

by Jason Wong | Apr 28, 2017 | For Employees

Do I Have to Accept a Demotion if My Job is Eliminated? When an employee is terminated, the employee is required to minimize lost income by seeking alternative employment. What happens if your former employer offers to give you another job but at a reduced salary? Are...

Another Termination Clause Bites the Dust

by Jason Wong | Apr 19, 2017 | For Employees

Another Termination Clause Bites the Dust You may have signed an offer of employment or an employment contract before you started it work. If so, it could have a termination clause. Many termination clauses attempt to limit how much termination pay an employee will...

Is My Termination Clause Good?

by Jason Wong | Mar 6, 2017 | For Employees

Is My Termination Clause Good? A termination clause in an employment contract states how much notice of termination an employer is required to provide an employee. The employer can provide working notice of termination or pay instead of working notice, but almost all...

Keeping Safe At Work

by Katelyn Weller | Apr 28, 2016 | For Employees

Keeping Safe At Work Today, April 28, is a National Day of Mourning across the country for workers who have been killed, injured or suffered illness as a result of work related incidents. For many of us, we spend the majority of our time at work. Five out of seven...

Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation: Assessing your risk

by Katelyn Weller | Apr 18, 2016 | For Employees

Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation: Assessing your risk We often get calls from employees who are thinking about leaving their employment, have left their employment, or have been terminated, and are considering working for a competitor or starting their own...

Keeping Tips in the Servers’ Pockets – New Protections Under the Employment Standards Act

by Katelyn Weller | Apr 12, 2016 | For Employees

Keeping Tips in the Servers’ Pockets – New Protections Under the Employment Standards Act For servers, tips generally form a significant part of their income. Pooling tips is a common practice in the restaurant industry whereby a server is required to contribute a...

What’s in a name – Employee or Independent Contractor?

by Katelyn Weller | Mar 21, 2016 | For Employees

What’s in a name – Employee or Independent Contractor? Have you been recently terminated and the company did not provide notice or pay-in-lieu of notice because you are an “independent contractor”? Sometimes organizations believe that it is more advantageous to...

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Judge Awards Employee 30 Months’ Termination Pay

Do I Have to Accept a Demotion if My Job is Eliminated?

Another Termination Clause Bites the Dust

Is My Termination Clause Good?

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Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation: Assessing your risk

Keeping Tips in the Servers’ Pockets – New Protections Under the Employment Standards Act

What’s in a name – Employee or Independent Contractor?

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