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Five Reasons to Ask an Employment Lawyer to Review Your Severance Package

by Doug MacLeod | Mar 9, 2017 | For Employees

Five Reasons to Ask an Employment Lawyer to Review Your Severance Package We have reviewed hundreds of severance packages on behalf of employees. Some of these packages are fair and some are really unfair. We can tell you whether we think your package is fair. And in...

Can You Get Damages For Being Harassed at Work?

by Doug MacLeod | Mar 7, 2017 | For Employees

Can You Get Damages For Being Harassed at Work? Ontario’s Occupational Health & Safety Act outlaws workplace harassment but an employee cannot collect damages for being harassed at work under this law. In a recent case, an Ontario judge awarded an employee damages...

Court of Appeal Gives Clarity to Termination Clauses

by Doug MacLeod | Mar 3, 2017 | For Employers

Court of Appeal Gives Clarity to Termination Clauses As we have written in the past, the enforceability of termination clauses is a hotly contested area of employment law. Employers who draft proper termination clauses in employment contracts can significantly limit...

Employer Ordered to pay $ 425 000 of Wrongfully Terminated Employee’s Costs

by Doug MacLeod | Feb 27, 2017 | For Employers

Employer Ordered to pay $ 425 000 of Wrongfully Terminated Employee’s Costs In many wrongful dismissal cases, the legal costs associated with taking a case to trial exceeds the value of the legal claim. That is why the vast majority of these cases settle before trial....

Probationary Clause Gets Employer Into Hot Water

by Doug MacLeod | Feb 14, 2017 | For Employers

Probationary Clause Gets Employer Into Hot Water Including a probationary period clause in an employment contract is not a good idea unless your organization is prepared to assess the suitability of the employee during the probationary period. Failure to do so can...

Incentive Compensation Plans: Court Considers Evidence of the Parties’ Conduct After a Contract is Signed to Assist in Contractual Interpretation

by Doug MacLeod | Jan 31, 2017 | For Employers

Incentive Compensation Plans: Court Considers Evidence of the Parties’ Conduct After a Contract is Signed to Assist in Contractual Interpretation From time to time, employers change their incentive compensation plans for some of their employees – especially...

Wrongful Dismissal Update: The Number of Damage Claims Being Awarded By Trial Judges are Going Up

by Doug MacLeod | Jan 17, 2017 | For Employers

Wrongful Dismissal Update: The Number of Damage Claims Being Awarded By Trial Judges are Going Up Once upon a time, employees did not sign employment contracts with termination clauses and employment lawyers fought over the appropriate “reasonable” notice period. In...

Five Reasons to Ask an Employment Lawyer to Review Your Severance Package

Can You Get Damages For Being Harassed at Work?

Court of Appeal Gives Clarity to Termination Clauses

Employer Ordered to pay $ 425 000 of Wrongfully Terminated Employee’s Costs

Probationary Clause Gets Employer Into Hot Water

Incentive Compensation Plans: Court Considers Evidence of the Parties’ Conduct After a Contract is Signed to Assist in Contractual Interpretation

Wrongful Dismissal Update: The Number of Damage Claims Being Awarded By Trial Judges are Going Up

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