Nicole Simes | MacLeod Law Firm

Federal Terminated Employees Can Prove Contract is Unenforceable

MacLeod Law Firm — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:50:41 +0000

We often write about termination clauses and the impact that they have on terminated employees. This type of clause can change the pay a terminated employee receives by thousands, sometimes hundreds of thousands, of dollars. Often though, the legal cases fighting about the validity of termination clauses are based on provincially regulated employers. Federally regulated employers include…

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Paid Sick Leave? Sort of

MacLeod Law Firm — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 13:46:49 +0000

Paid Sick Leave? Sort of With the numbers of COVID-19 cases rising again, especially in the GTA, many employees are asking me as a Toronto employment lawyer what happens if they become sick and they are forced to stay home for 14 days. Following the end of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, the federal government introduced three new benefits to address issues related to leave from work…

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Another Unenforceable Termination Clause Helps Employee Get More Termination Pay

MacLeod Law Firm — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 14:38:26 +0000

Another Unenforceable Termination Clause Helps Employee Get More Termination Pay Very recently, the Ontario Court of Appeal released another decision about employment contract termination clauses that significantly helps employees. If you are interested in previous cases see here and here. What are Termination Clauses? These sections of employment contracts try to limit employee rights when…

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Back to Work: Childcare Responsibilities and Accommodation

MacLeod Law Firm — Fri, 22 May 2020 14:43:14 +0000

Childcare Responsibilities and Accommodation On Friday, May 14, 2020 Premier Ford announced Stage 1 of the reopening of Ontario and some businesses have already started to reopen. However, if you have young children and no opportunity for childcare this puts you in a difficult position. Employees with childcare responsibilities are protected under the Employment Standards Act and the Human…

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Doug MacLeod — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:01:00 +0000

We have been advising Ontario employees for 30 years. We only practice workplace law so “All We Do Is WORK!” We have experience assisting employees from all walks of life. From people in entry level positions to senior executives in the private and public sectors. We may have negotiated a better severance package on your behalf. We may have helped you negotiate improvements to an offer of…

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Amendments to Increase Human Rights Protections for Ontarians

MacLeod Law Firm — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 15:23:05 +0000

Various members of the Ontario legislature are working to give additional human rights protections to Ontarians. Bill 35, the Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2018 is a private member’s bill brought by Liberal MPP, Nathalie Des Rosiers. Whereas Progressive Conservative MPP, Christina Mita introduced Bill 40, the Human Rights Code Amendment Act (Genetic Characteristics), 2018…

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Employee Protections During Police Record Checks

MacLeod Law Firm — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 15:17:14 +0000

Employee Protections during Police Record Checks Often employers require a new hire to provide a police record check. Starting November 1, 2018 changes made under Ontario’s Police Record Checks Reform Act will be in force. Previously, these checks were not regulated in Ontario. With the new Reform Act in force, the police record checks process becomes standardized across Ontario for all…

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Employer Update: Police Record Checks

MacLeod Law Firm — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:33:22 +0000

Employers who actively use police record checks as a part of the hiring process need to be aware of recent changes. Starting November 1, 2018 changes made under the Ontario’s Police Record Checks Reform Act will be in force. Previously, police record checks were not regulated in Ontario. With the new Reform Act in force, the police record checks process becomes standardized across Ontario for all…

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Increased Federal Protections Against Harassment and Violence

Nicole Simes — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 16:18:11 +0000

Increased Federal Protections Against Harassment and Violence The Federal government is consulting the public on changes to the Canada Labour Code (CLC) to increase protections against harassment and violence. Federally regulated employees, like those who work for banks, airlines, telecom or national transportation companies are covered by the CLC. The government proposes to set solid…

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An Employee and a Termination Package: The IBM Example

Nicole Simes — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 19:48:11 +0000

This dynamic area of law is continually changing. The best course of action is to try and change a termination clause before you sign your termination package.