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Employee Terminations: How Employment Contracts and Legal Consultation Prevent Legal Fires

by Doug MacLeod | May 18, 2015 | For Employers

Employee Terminations: How Employment Contracts and Legal Consultation Prevent Legal Fires I strongly recommend that employers require all new employees to sign an employment contract with a termination clause. As a result, the employer knows how much it will cost to...

Wrongful Dismissal: Recent Decisions Made by Summary Judgment Motion

by Doug MacLeod | Apr 21, 2015 | For Employers

Wrongful Dismissal: Recent Decisions Made by Summary Judgment Motion Last year I wrote a blog entitled, “Wrongful Dismissal Law: Summary Judgment Motions – The Way of the Future”. This blog introduced some important facts about summary judgment motions such as when...

Supreme Court of Canada Update: Administrative Suspension = Constructive Dismissal

by Doug MacLeod | Apr 8, 2015 | For Employers

Supreme Court of Canada Update: Administrative Suspension = Constructive Dismissal On March 6, 2015 the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision Potter v. New Brunswick Legal Aid Services Commission. The Facts David Potter signed a seven year contract to work as...

OHSA Update: The Cost of Firing an Employee for Filing a Complaint with the Ministry of Labour Just Went Up

by Doug MacLeod | Apr 7, 2015 | For Employers

OHSA Update: The Cost of Firing an Employee for Filing a Complaint with the Ministry of Labour Just Went Up Each year in Ontario, over 10,000 workers file a claim with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) because they’ve been injured on the job to the...

Avoiding Wrongful Dismissal Litigation: One Employment Contract at a Time

by Doug MacLeod | Mar 24, 2015 | For Employers

Avoiding Wrongful Dismissal Litigation: One Employment Contract at a Time Many wrongful dismissal cases are determined by the sensibilities of the judge who is appointed to the case. Some are employee friendly. Others are employer friendly. Consider the opening...

Constructive Dismissal Update: Quitting Because of Intolerable Working Conditions

by Doug MacLeod | Mar 10, 2015 | For Employers

Constructive Dismissal Update: Quitting Because of Intolerable Working Conditions If an employer’s treatment of an employee is so bad that it makes continued employment intolerable, an employee has the right to quit and claim damages for constructive dismissal. Is...

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

by Doug MacLeod | Jan 27, 2015 | For Employers

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

Contractors and the Duty to Accommodate

by Doug MacLeod | Jan 16, 2015 | For Employers

Contractors and the Duty to Accommodate Does an Employer have a Duty to Accommodate a Disabled Independent Contractor or a Disabled Dependent Contractor? I recently fielded an interesting question. A human resources consultant was reviewing an employee manual for a...

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Employee Terminations: How Employment Contracts and Legal Consultation Prevent Legal Fires

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Supreme Court of Canada Update: Administrative Suspension = Constructive Dismissal

OHSA Update: The Cost of Firing an Employee for Filing a Complaint with the Ministry of Labour Just Went Up

Avoiding Wrongful Dismissal Litigation: One Employment Contract at a Time

Constructive Dismissal Update: Quitting Because of Intolerable Working Conditions

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

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