Totally Disabled Employees Entitled to LTD Benefits and Termination Pay
Are you totally disabled and collecting disability benefits from a LTD insurer? Your employer may owe you up to 34 weeks termination & severance pay.
Wrongful Dismissal Update: How to Reduce Termination Pay for Employees Who Earn Variable Compensation
Some employees receive a large percentage of their total compensation in variable compensation. A much litigated issue is whether the employer is required to pay variable compensation to a terminated employee during the applicable notice period and if so how is this...We’re Nominated! Cast your Vote in the Reader’s Choice Survey Today
For the second year in a row, the MacLeod Law Firm has been nominated as the top labour and employment law firm in Canada by the Canadian HR Reporter.
What’s New at the MacLeod Law Firm
In this blog, I will briefly outline what you can expect when you call us, and summarize some of the services that we provide employers operating in Ontario.
Is Your Severance Package Fair?
If your employment has recently been terminated and you have been provided with a severance package, then read on.
Employment Contracts: They Should Keep Giving and Giving
Employment Contracts: They Should Keep Giving and Giving I trumpet the benefits of employment contracts every chance I get. I often write and speak about these benefits. Two Case Studies In the last two weeks, I received calls from two clients who benefitted from an...Severance Pay Calculation Under Employment Standards Act based on Ontario Payroll says OLRB
Under section 64 of the Employment Standards Act (“ESA”), an employee with five years’ service is entitled to one week severance pay for each year of service (to a maximum of 26 weeks) in addition to notice of termination if “the employer has a payroll of $2.5 million...Are Managers Entitled to Overtime Pay?
Many employees and employers believe that overtime pay is included in a person’s salary. This is incorrect for the vast majority of salaried employees