Failure to Address Workplace Harassment Results in Aggravated Damages
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What is Employment Insurance Anyway? A Primer on EI
In Canada, you can apply for Employment Insurance (“EI”) for partial income replacement from the Federal government.
Ontario’s New Employer-Friendly Employment Laws
Recent changes in the law make Ontario’s employment laws more employer friendly – especially for small businesses. This blog discusses five of these changes.
What’s New at the MacLeod Law Firm
In this blog, I will briefly outline what you can expect when you call us, and summarize some of the services that we provide employers operating in Ontario.
A Disciplinary Record: Not Enough To Justify A Just Cause Termination
There is a high legal threshold to meet for just cause termination even when an employee has a history of non-compliance with company policies
Severance Pay Calculation Under Employment Standards Act based on Ontario Payroll says OLRB
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?
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
If an employer does not provide you with adequate notice of termination, or pay instead of notice, then you have been wrongfully dismissed.