Fixed Term Employment Contracts Still A Bad Idea We’ve written before on how fixed term employment contracts are not a good idea. A recent decision from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice confirms the law on this point so far, and serves as yet another lesson to...
What kind of damages are you entitled to if an employer engages in malicious conduct? Did you know that judges will sometimes award punitive damages to an employee when an employer engages in malicious conduct? This blog summarises one such case. Morison v...
What kind of damages are you entitled to if an employer is wrong about your “just cause” termination? Generally speaking, an employer may terminate an employee as long as it provides the employee notice of termination. However, if an employer has ‘just cause’ for the...
Terminated Contract Employee Receives Three Years’ Pay from Prior Employer In many cases, employers must provide terminated employees written notice of termination or pay instead of notice. How much notice or pay may depend on the type of employment contract. In some...
Am I entitled to a bonus if I am not actively employed when it is paid out? Determining whether a terminated employee is entitled to their bonus, even though they are not actively employed when it is paid out, can be a complicated issue. As you may know from reading...
Not all termination clauses are enforceable: Here’s One Way to Attack Them Employers include a termination clause in your employment contract to take away your rights, i.e. to reduce the amount of termination pay you are entitled to receive. If your employment...
Why An Oral Employment Contract is a Bad Idea We’ve written before on the importance of requiring new hires to sign an employment contract which contains a termination clause. In a recent decision from British Columbia, one employer learned this lesson the hard way....
Fixed-Term Employment Contracts are a Bad Idea I do not like fixed-term employment contracts and have written a number of blogs on this topic. This blog summarizes a recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal that reinforces my aversion to fixed-term contracts....