Judge Awards Employee 30 Months’ Termination Pay
If your employment is terminated after more than 30 years service, then you may be entitled to at least 30 months’ termination pay.
Another Termination Clause Doesn’t Withstand Scrutiny
When a termination clause is present in a contract, it will be heavily scrutinised, due to the difference between common law notice and ESA notice.
Wrongful Dismissal: All You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask
If an employer does not provide you with adequate notice of termination, or pay instead of notice, then you have been wrongfully dismissed.
ESA Termination Clauses: Another One Bites the Dust
If you include a termination clause in your employment contracts that limits notice of termination to Employment Standards Act (“ESA”) minimums, then read on. This blog summarizes a case decided last month where the courts again refused to enforce an ESA termination...Another termination clause didn’t make the cut
In my last blog post, I discussed a case where an employee was awarded punitive damages because her employer engaged in malicious conduct during her termination. In this week’s blog post, I’ll delve into how much the employee was awarded for reasonable notice, despite...Wrongful Dismissal Update: Recent Case Law Increases Legal Uncertainty
Recently, it has become increasingly difficult for employment lawyers to assess an employer’s potential legal liability in connection with an employee termination. The law is pretty straightforward but predicting how a judge will apply the law to a specific...Disputes Over Bonus Entitlements: Two Decisions on the “Active Employment” Requirement for Bonus Payouts
Disputes Over Bonus Entitlements: Two Decisions on the “Active Employment” Requirement for Bonus Payouts Where an employee is terminated or resigns, what is the effect of a bonus plan that requires the employee to be “actively employed” at the time the bonus is paid...Working Notice: When working more than 9 to 5 makes it hard to find a way to make a living
While there is nothing inherently wrong with providing working notice, sometimes a court may find the employer should not get credit for this notice period.