What to do when you receive a release from your employer?
When an employee is terminated and offered a severance package, they are almost always asked to sign a release agreement in exchange. A release agreement, as the name suggests, releases the employer from liabilities for employment-related claims. Thus, after an...Do I Have to Accept a Job Offer from the Purchaser of my Employer’s Business?
What happens when your employer is sold and the purchaser offers you employment? A recent Ontario decision provides some direction.
Another Example of a Senior Executive Being Awarded More Damages Than Expected
Another Example of a Senior Executive Being Awarded More Damages Than Expected A recent case decided by the Ontario Court of Appeal demonstrates yet again that relying on informal understandings with an employee about their rights on termination is a very bad idea. In...Duty to Mitigate: What Happens to Earnings from a Lower Paying Job?
The duty to mitigate requires wrongfully dismissed employees to take reasonable steps to minimize the losses they have suffered.