Different Company, Same Old Job: What happens when the company you work for is sold?
Are clauses that purport to waive an employee’s years of service for the purposes of severance/notice pay enforceable? It’s all important when your company is sold. Here is what to look for.
Short service, long notice
Short service, long notice Employees with only a few years (or even months) of service tend to believe that they aren’t entitled to much notice or pay in lieu of notice upon termination. As we have written before, we have seen a trend of longer notice periods being...What’s in a name? That which we call a release
When an employee is terminated and offered a severance package, they are almost always asked to sign a release agreement in exchange.
30 months and counting
30 months and counting As we have written before, a wrongful dismissal occurs when an employee is terminated without just cause and the employer does not provide adequate notice of termination. An employee can claim damages equal to the remuneration the employee would...Another Termination Clause Doesn’t Withstand Scrutiny
When a termination clause is present in a contract, it will be heavily scrutinised, due to the difference between common law notice and ESA notice.