New court case necessitates review of termination clauses in employment contracts Some employment contracts have termination clauses which state that an employee will receive notice of termination “in accordance with the Employment Standards Act” or words to that...
Employer Alert: Employment Contracts May Need to Be Amended Because of a Recent Court of Appeal Decision Bonus plans in employment contracts are a great way to motivate, reward and retain employees. Many of these bonus plans have built-in conditions that must be met...
Employer Alert: Report Discusses Possible Changes to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act On July 27, 2016 a report concerning possible changes to the Employment Standards Act (the “ESA”) was released following extensive public consultations. This blog addresses...
Why An Oral Employment Contract is a Bad Idea We’ve written before on the importance of requiring new hires to sign an employment contract which contains a termination clause. In a recent decision from British Columbia, one employer learned this lesson the hard way....
Is your employment contract enforceable? We’ve written before on the importance of termination clauses in employment contracts. A recent case from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice is a good example of not only including a termination clause in an employment...
The Pitfalls of Dismissing an Employee Without Seeking Legal Advice It is always a good idea to call your employment lawyer before an employee’s dismissal even if the employee has signed an iron clad termination clause. Most of my clients do so and sometimes the...
How much Notice of Termination is a Probationary Employee Entitled to Receive? I draft employment contracts for most of my employer clients. When doing so I always ask whether the employer wants to include a probationary period clause in the contract. A recent...
Disability Insurance and the Uncooperative Employee Do you have an employee who is absent because of a medical issue, but will not provide the necessary paperwork to a third-party disability insurance provider? We often get calls from frustrated employers who are...