Wrongful Dismissal Update: Judge Upholds Just Cause Termination for a 30 Year Employee Who Touched a Co-Workers Buttock
Wrongful Dismissal Update: Judge Upholds Just Cause Termination for a 30 Year Employee Who Touched a Co-Workers Buttock After a 10 day trial, an Ontario judge recently concluded that touching a female’s buttock in the presence of four witnesses, who had conflicting...Termination Clauses: (Yet) Another One Bites the Dust
The issue of whether a termination clause limits an employee’s entitlement to the minimum notice set out in the Employment Standards Act may be the most litigated issue in employment law over the past 5 years.
Five Things You Need to Know To Make Sure You Are Treated Fairly and with Dignity and Respect at Work
This blog discusses five things you should know to be treated fairly and with respect and dignity at work.
Doug’s Top 5 Employment Law Stories of 2019
Doug’s Top 5 Employment Law Stories of 2019 We have started the last month of 2019 and it is time for my annual top Employment Law stories of the year. 2019 has been a relatively good news year for Ontario employers. On January 1, 2019, the new Conservative...Court of Appeal Allows Employee to Withdraw Seemingly Clear Resignation
Court of Appeal Allows Employee to Withdraw Seemingly Clear Resignation As we have written before, to be valid, a resignation must be voluntary, clear and unequivocal. There are circumstances where employees are allowed to retract their resignation, and if an employer...Wrongful Dismissal Update: Alleging Just Cause is a Legal Minefield
A recent case, Headley v. City of Toronto, 2019 ONSC 4496, shows that alleging just cause for termination for a long-service employee can be a risky and costly strategy.