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Court of Appeal Allows Employee to Withdraw Seemingly Clear Resignation

MacLeod Law Firm — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 20:28:24 +0000

As we have written before, to be valid, a resignation must be voluntary, clear and unequivocal. There are circumstances where employees are allowed to retract their resignation, and if an employer does not accept the retraction, the employer can be found to have wrongfully dismissed the employee. In the recent decision, English v Manulife Financial Corporation, 2019 ONCA 612, the Court of Appeal…

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How to Prevent A Poisoned Work Environment: Navigating the Grey Zone

Doug MacLeod — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:05:29 +0000

With the upsurge of technology, there is more opportunity for our interactions to be broadcast and misinterpreted. Many employees have cell phones and some employers and employees communicate via text message. In today’s workplace, the dynamic between employers and employees is also increasingly informal. Jokes are passed around. No hard feelings, right? Wrong. One “light-hearted” text message or…

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Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA): Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask

MacLeod Law Firm — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:38:42 +0000

Mandatory health and safety awareness training is the latest obligation being imposed on Ontario employers under OHSA. All employees must complete training by July 1, 2014. The Ministry of Labour will exempt employers who have already provided equivalent training to its employees. For more information on this new training requirement, click here. Under Bill 168, a 2010 amendment to OHSA…

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