Category: For Employees

What is Employment Insurance Anyway? A Primer on EI

by Hina Ghaus | May 21, 2019 | For Employees

If you have lost your job and need temporary income support, do you know what to do? In Canada, you can apply for Employment Insurance (“EI”) for partial income replacement from the Federal government. To learn about the different types of EI and whether you would be...

Termination Pay for Employees who Cannot Work Because of a Total Disability

by Doug MacLeod | May 7, 2019 | For Employees

If you are totally unable to work because of a medical disability are you entitled to receive termination pay? That is the question considered in this blog. Employees Who Do Not Have LTD Coverage Sometimes, an employer does not provide disability insurance and in this...

Short service, long notice

by Nadia Halum | Apr 17, 2019 | For Employees

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 awarded to employees in...

Less Overtime Protections Now that Bill 66 is Law

by Hina Ghaus | Apr 9, 2019 | For Employees

Recent changes to the Employment Standards Act allow employers to pay less overtime pay to employees. If you have been asked to agree to average your hours over 2 to 4 weeks for overtime purposes, then read on. Example Let’s assume that you earn $20 an hour and...

Can an Employee Stop an Employer from Hiring a Job Applicant?

by Doug MacLeod | Mar 25, 2019 | For Employees

In a recent case, a female employee asked her employer not to hire a male executive because he had sexually harassed her when he had been employed earlier. The employer refused, the employee quit, and claimed, among other things, wrongful dismissal damages and...

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

by Nadia Halum | Mar 21, 2019 | For Employees

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 employer from liabilities for employment-related...

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What is Employment Insurance Anyway? A Primer on EI

Termination Pay for Employees who Cannot Work Because of a Total Disability

Short service, long notice

Less Overtime Protections Now that Bill 66 is Law

Can an Employee Stop an Employer from Hiring a Job Applicant?

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

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