Fixed Term Contracts | MacLeod Law Firm https://macleodlawfirm.ca Employment & Labour Lawyers Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:16:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://macleodlawfirm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-MacLeod-Law-Firm-icon-60x60.jpg Fixed Term Contracts | MacLeod Law Firm https://macleodlawfirm.ca 32 32 Why An Oral Employment Contract is a Bad Idea https://macleodlawfirm.ca/oral-contract-bad-idea/ Thu, 23 Jun 2016 12:30:08 +0000 http://www.macleodlawfirm.ca/employers/?p=2836 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. James v The Hollypark Organization Inc. The Facts The Hollypark Organization Inc. was run by Mr. Dhillon, a 25-year old entrepreneur who wanted to open a new hotel under the…

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]]> Avoiding Wrongful Dismissal Litigation: One Employment Contract at a Time https://macleodlawfirm.ca/avoiding-wrongful-dismissal-litigation-one-employment-contract-at-a-time/ Tue, 24 Mar 2015 13:55:19 +0000 http://www.macleodlawfirm.ca/employers/?p=2487 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 sentence of a wrongful dismissal case that was decided earlier this month: “Employment law is governed by the notion that the employer should not be able to use its larger power to unfairly gain an advantage over…

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