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How to Save Money: Help a Terminated Employee Find a New Job

Doug MacLeod — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 02:42:55 +0000

Did you know that it is usually in an employer’s financial interest to help a recently terminated employee find alternative employment? Here’s why: the faster a terminated employee secures alternative employment the lower the wrongful dismissal damages he or she can prove. Helping A Recently Terminated Employee Find A New Job Can Save you Money Here’s an example to illustrate the point: Assume a…

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Severance Packages: Five Things Every Employer Should Know

Doug MacLeod — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 13:58:40 +0000

Imagine yourself as a senior manager of a small business. Sales have decreased to a point where you have to make some staff cuts. One will be Marsha, an administrative assistant with over 25 years service, and the other is Kent, an expensive employee you hired just last year. How much will these terminations cost? While Kent signed an employment contract, you don’t recall Marsha signing anything.

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Wrongful Dismissal Law: Summary Judgment Motions – The Way of the Future

MacLeod Law Firm — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 18:42:59 +0000

Since the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision earlier this year in Hryniak v. Mauldin 2014 SCC 7 (CanLII) more and more employees are bringing summary judgment motions to resolve their wrongful dismissal cases. Wrongful Dismissal Cases that are Suitable for Summary Judgment Motions This kind of motion is usually brought if an employer terminates an employee without just cause.

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