Author: Nadia Halum

Court of Appeal allows employee to withdraw seemingly clear resignation

by Nadia Halum | Nov 8, 2019 | For Employers

Court of Appeal allows employee to withdraw seemingly clear resignation As we have written before, to be valid, a resignation must be voluntary, clear and unequivocal. There are circumstances where employees are allowed to retract their resignation, and if an employer...

Different Company, Same Old Job: What happens when the company you work for is sold?

by Nadia Halum | Jul 8, 2019 | For Employees

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.

Failure to Address Workplace Harassment Results in Aggravated Damages

by Nadia Halum | Jun 3, 2019 | For Employees

Failure to Address Workplace Harassment Results in Aggravated Damages As we have written before, an employer may generally terminate an employee for any good business reason, as long as it provides the employee with adequate notice of termination (or pay in lieu of...

Short service, long notice

by Nadia Halum | Apr 17, 2019 | For Employees

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

by Nadia Halum | Mar 21, 2019 | For Employees

What’s in a name? That which we call a release As we’ve written before, when an employee is terminated and offered a severance package, they are almost always asked to sign a release agreement in exchange. A release agreement, as the name suggests, releases the...

30 months and counting

by Nadia Halum | Feb 11, 2019 | For Employers

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

by Nadia Halum | Jan 28, 2019 | For Employees

Another termination clause doesn’t withstand scrutiny Another week, another termination clause found to be unenforceable. As we have written before, termination clauses can have a significant effect on how much you receive in terms of notice or pay-in-lieu-of...

Another termination clause didn’t make the cut

by Nadia Halum | Jan 21, 2019 | For Employees

Another termination clause didn’t make the cut In my last blog post, I discussed a case where an employee was awarded punitive damages because her employer engaged in malicious conduct during her termination. In this week’s blog post, I’ll delve into how much...

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Court of Appeal allows employee to withdraw seemingly clear resignation

Different Company, Same Old Job: What happens when the company you work for is sold?

Failure to Address Workplace Harassment Results in Aggravated Damages

Short service, long notice

What’s in a name? That which we call a release

30 months and counting

Another termination clause doesn’t withstand scrutiny

Another termination clause didn’t make the cut

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