Tag: Employment Contract

Employer Alert: Employment Contracts May Need to Be Amended Because of a Recent Court of Appeal Decision

by Doug MacLeod | Aug 22, 2016 | For Employers

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...

Not all termination clauses are enforceable: Here’s One Way to Attack Them

by Nadia Halum | Aug 15, 2016 | For Employees

Not all termination clauses are enforceable: Here’s One Way to Attack Them Employers include a termination clause in your employment contract to take away your rights, i.e. to reduce the amount of termination pay you are entitled to receive. If your employment...

Can I layoff an employee?

by Nadia Halum | Jul 14, 2016 | For Employers

Can I layoff an employee? Ontario’s Employment Standards Act has a definition of a ‘temporary lay-off’ and provides when a “temporary lay-off” becomes a termination. Some of you may be surprised to learn that just because a layoff is defined as temporary by the...

Why An Oral Employment Contract is a Bad Idea

by Nadia Halum | Jun 23, 2016 | For Employers

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?

by Nadia Halum | Jun 9, 2016 | For Employers

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

by Doug MacLeod | May 17, 2016 | For Employers

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?

by Doug MacLeod | Apr 26, 2016 | For Employers

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...

Fixed-Term Employment Contracts are a Bad Idea

by Doug MacLeod | Apr 19, 2016 | For Employers

Fixed-Term Employment Contracts are a Bad Idea I do not like fixed-term employment contracts and have written a number of blogs on this topic. This blog summarizes a recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal that reinforces my aversion to fixed-term contracts....

« Older Entries

Next Entries »

Employer Alert: Employment Contracts May Need to Be Amended Because of a Recent Court of Appeal Decision

Not all termination clauses are enforceable: Here’s One Way to Attack Them

Can I layoff an employee?

Why An Oral Employment Contract is a Bad Idea

Is your employment contract enforceable?

The Pitfalls of Dismissing an Employee Without Seeking Legal Advice

How much Notice of Termination is a Probationary Employee Entitled to Receive?

Fixed-Term Employment Contracts are a Bad Idea

Categories

Recent Posts:

Toronto Office

Barrie Office

Collingwood Office

Locations

Toronto Office

Barrie Office

Collingwood Office

Categories

Recent Posts:

Tag Cloud

Toronto Office

Barrie Office

Collingwood Office

Locations

Toronto Office

Barrie Office

Collingwood Office