Tag: Just Cause For Termination

Can An Employee’s Off-Duty Behaviour Constitute Just Cause for Termination?

by Hina Ghaus | Aug 8, 2018 | For Employers

Can An Employee’s Off-Duty Behaviour Constitute Just Cause for Termination? We receive calls from employers asking whether they can terminate an employee for off duty conduct. Unfortunately there is not an easy answer. This blog discusses two cases of similar off-duty...

Employment Law Update: Mid-Year Report

by Doug MacLeod | Jun 26, 2018 | For Employers

Employment Law Update: Mid-Year Report In this blog, as we enter the dog days of summer, I will review five current trends and developments in Ontario’s employment laws. 1. A New Sheriff is in Town: The PC party has replaced the Liberal party as Ontario’s governing...

Severance Package Review: What to Expect from an Employment Lawyer

by Doug MacLeod | Mar 7, 2018 | For Employees

You have just been terminated. You have been given a week or so to accept a severance package but you don’t know if it is fair. That is where we come in.

All We Do Is Work

by Doug MacLeod | Oct 31, 2017 | For Employers

All We Do Is Work This blog introduces you to all members of the firm and describes the kinds of cases we handle. OUR PEOPLE Nicole Simes has been working with me for more than four years. She represents and advises employers and employees. She spends a lot of her...

What kind of damages are you entitled to if your employer makes frivolous allegations about you?

by Nadia Halum | Aug 22, 2017 | For Employees

What kind of damages are you entitled to if your employer makes frivolous allegations about you? 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...

Can you be terminated for poor performance?

by Nadia Halum | Jul 10, 2017 | For Employees

Can you be terminated for poor performance? Sometimes, an employer will claim an employee’s poor performance is just cause for termination to avoid paying termination pay. It is generally difficult for an employer to prove that poor performance is just cause. If the...

Failing to provide a doctor’s note is not necessarily “just cause”

by Nadia Halum | Mar 8, 2017 | For Employees

Failing to provide a doctor’s note is not necessarily “just cause” Generally speaking, an employer may terminate an employee as long as it provides the employee with notice of termination. However, if an employer has ‘just cause’ for the termination,...

Employer Ordered to pay $ 425 000 of Wrongfully Terminated Employee’s Costs

by Doug MacLeod | Feb 27, 2017 | For Employers

Employer Ordered to pay $ 425 000 of Wrongfully Terminated Employee’s Costs In many wrongful dismissal cases, the legal costs associated with taking a case to trial exceeds the value of the legal claim. That is why the vast majority of these cases settle before trial....

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All We Do Is Work

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Can you be terminated for poor performance?

Failing to provide a doctor’s note is not necessarily “just cause”

Employer Ordered to pay $ 425 000 of Wrongfully Terminated Employee’s Costs

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