Non-Compete Agreement Many employees considering a job change are concerned about non-compete agreements and clauses in their contracts. Should you be? What is a non-compete agreement or clause? A non-compete clause is a provision found in an employment contract which...
Confidentiality Agreement Many employment contracts these days include a confidentiality agreement or clause. Is this something that you should be concerned about? Confidentiality clauses are a type of restrictive covenants that include non-competition and...
Leaving Your Job: The Dos and Don’ts of Resigning. Are you considering resigning? Do you know how much notice to give your employer? Do you know that your employer could sue you for failing to give enough notice? Reasonable Notice of Resignation Most employees...
Workplace Investigations: Some Dos and Don’ts Workplace Misconduct Complaints – “To Investigate or Not to Investigate, That is the Question” Most private sector employers are not required to investigate alleged employee misconduct. Even though...
Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA): Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask Mandatory health and safety awareness training is the latest obligation being imposed on Ontario employers under OHSA. All employees must complete training by...
Frustrated Contracts and Frustrated Employees What is a frustrated contract? Employment contracts are “frustrated” when an unforeseeable event occurs which makes it impossible for one or both parties to a contract to fulfill its terms. The most common...
What Is The Cost of Terminating a Pregnant Employee? The Cost of Terminating a Pregnant Employee A Pregnant Employee’s Rights In Ontario, any woman who is hired at least 13 weeks before the date her baby is expected to be born is entitled to take a pregnancy leave of...
Competing Human Rights Competing Human Rights York University has received a lot of negative media attention because it told a male student who had signed up for an on-line course that he was not required to attend an in-person session because he said his religion...