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Are Executives Entitled to Variable Compensation after being Terminated?

by Doug MacLeod | Aug 7, 2019 | For Employers

If your organization pays executives for performance and doesn’t want to pay an executive during the applicable notice period because they are not performing, consider having an employment lawyer review your plan first.

Less Overtime Protections Now that Bill 66 is Law

by Fiona Martyn | 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...

A Disciplinary Record: Not Enough To Justify A Just Cause Termination

by Fiona Martyn | Mar 5, 2019 | For Employees

Just cause terminations are considered the capital punishment of employment law by some judges. A just cause termination is the worst possible outcome for an employee because it not only means that you will not receive termination pay but generally you will also be...

Is Your Severance Package Fair?

by Doug MacLeod | Feb 25, 2019 | For Employees

We have reviewed thousands of severance packages. If your employment has recently been terminated and you have been provided with a severance package, then read on. Time Limit to Accept Package Most employers give an employee 5 to 7 days to accept a severance package....

Wrongful Dismissal: All You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask

by Doug MacLeod | Jan 22, 2019 | For Employees

What Is A Wrongful Dismissal? If an employer does not provide you with adequate notice of termination, or pay instead of notice, then you have been wrongfully dismissed. In most cases, employers provide no notice of termination; you are called into a meeting and told...

Working Notice: When working more than 9 to 5 makes it hard to find a way to make a living

by Nadia Halum | Nov 19, 2018 | For Employees

Sometimes, rather than receiving a severance package, employees are provided “working notice” that their employment is coming to an end. In other words, your termination date is set to a fixed date in the future and you are expected to work throughout this...

Employment Standards Alert: The Cost of Doing Business in Ontario Just Went Up

by Doug MacLeod | Nov 23, 2017 | For Employers

The Ontario government’s much publicized overhaul to the province’s employment standards legislation will take effect as early as December 3, 2017. For the most part, vulnerable employees and employees in precarious employment will benefit from these legislative...

Being Terminated Before You Get Your Foot In The Door

by Nadia Halum | Sep 22, 2017 | For Employees

From time to time, we get a call from a person who has accepted a job offer, quit their existing job, and then been told that the job offer has been revoked before the person starts work. The person wants to know, “Can the offer be revoked” and if so, “Am I entitled...

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Are Executives Entitled to Variable Compensation after being Terminated?

Less Overtime Protections Now that Bill 66 is Law

A Disciplinary Record: Not Enough To Justify A Just Cause Termination

Is Your Severance Package Fair?

Wrongful Dismissal: All You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask

Working Notice: When working more than 9 to 5 makes it hard to find a way to make a living

Employment Standards Alert: The Cost of Doing Business in Ontario Just Went Up

Being Terminated Before You Get Your Foot In The Door

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