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Failure to Address Workplace Harassment Results in Aggravated Damages

by Nadia Halum | Jun 3, 2019 | For Employees

As we have written before, an employer may generally terminate an employee for any good business reason, as long as it provides the employee with adequate notice of termination (or pay in lieu of notice). Failure to provide adequate notice results in a wrongful...

What is Employment Insurance Anyway? A Primer on EI

by Hina Ghaus | May 21, 2019 | For Employees

If you have lost your job and need temporary income support, do you know what to do? In Canada, you can apply for Employment Insurance (“EI”) for partial income replacement from the Federal government. To learn about the different types of EI and whether you would be...

Ontario’s New Employer-Friendly Employment Laws

by Doug MacLeod | Apr 16, 2019 | For Employers

Some recent changes in the law make Ontario’s employment laws more employer-friendly – especially for small businesses. This blog discusses five of these changes. Eliminating a scheduled increase in the minimum wage Under Bill 148, the minimum wage was scheduled...

What’s New at the MacLeod Law Firm

by Doug MacLeod | Mar 5, 2019 | For Employers

New Website I am pleased to inform you that we have updated our website. You can check it out by clicking here. Nominated as Top Labour & Employment Law Firm For the second year in a row, the MacLeod Law Firm has been nominated as top Canadian labour 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...

Severance Pay Calculation Under Employment Standards Act based on Ontario Payroll says OLRB

by Doug MacLeod | Feb 14, 2019 | For Employers

Under section 64 of the Employment Standards Act (“ESA”), an employee with five years’ service is entitled to one week severance pay for each year of service (to a maximum of 26 weeks) in addition to notice of termination if “the employer has a payroll of $2.5 million...

Temporary Layoff Update: Can An Employee Refuse a Recall?

by Doug MacLeod | Feb 5, 2019 | For Employers

Contrary to popular belief, a temporary layoff usually constitutes a wrongful dismissal which requires an employer to pay the laid off employee termination pay. This general rule does not apply in all situations such as when your employment contract states that the...

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...

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Failure to Address Workplace Harassment Results in Aggravated Damages

What is Employment Insurance Anyway? A Primer on EI

Ontario’s New Employer-Friendly Employment Laws

What’s New at the MacLeod Law Firm

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

Severance Pay Calculation Under Employment Standards Act based on Ontario Payroll says OLRB

Temporary Layoff Update: Can An Employee Refuse a Recall?

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

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