Tag: termination pay

Are Executives Entitled to Variable Compensation after being Terminated?

by Doug MacLeod | Aug 7, 2019 | For Employers

If your organization pays executives for performance and doesn’t want to pay an executive during the applicable notice period because they are not performing, consider having an employment lawyer review your plan first.

(Yet) Another Termination Clause Bites the Dust

by Doug MacLeod | Jul 16, 2019 | For Employers

An employer should make it clear that the termination clause in an employment contract applies when an employee is promoted.

Termination Pay for Employees who Cannot Work Because of a Total Disability

by Doug MacLeod | May 7, 2019 | For Employees

If you are totally unable to work because of a medical disability are you entitled to receive termination pay? That is the question considered in this blog. Employees Who Do Not Have LTD Coverage Sometimes, an employer does not provide disability insurance and in this...

Wrongful Dismissal Update: How to Reduce Termination Pay for Employees Who Earn Variable Compensation

by Doug MacLeod | Mar 19, 2019 | For Employers

Some employees receive a large percentage of their total compensation in variable compensation. A much litigated issue is whether the employer is required to pay variable compensation to a terminated employee during the applicable notice period and if so how is this...

Judge Awards Employee 30 Months’ Termination Pay

by MacLeod Law Firm | Feb 5, 2019 | For Employees

)If your employment is terminated after more than 30 years service, then you may be entitled to at least 30 months’ termination pay. This result happened in a recent case. The Facts Mr. Dawe was terminated without just cause after 37 years service when he was 62...

ESA Termination Clauses: Another One Bites the Dust

by Doug MacLeod | Jan 22, 2019 | For Employers

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...

Working Notice: When working more than 9 to 5 makes it hard to find a way to make a living

by Nadia Halum | Nov 19, 2018 | For Employees

Sometimes, rather than receiving a severance package, employees are provided “working notice” that their employment is coming to an end. In other words, your termination date is set to a fixed date in the future and you are expected to work throughout this...

What to do when you receive a release from your employer?

by Nadia Halum | Sep 26, 2018 | For Employees

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...

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Are Executives Entitled to Variable Compensation after being Terminated?

(Yet) Another Termination Clause Bites the Dust

Termination Pay for Employees who Cannot Work Because of a Total Disability

Wrongful Dismissal Update: How to Reduce Termination Pay for Employees Who Earn Variable Compensation

Judge Awards Employee 30 Months’ Termination Pay

ESA Termination Clauses: Another One Bites the Dust

Working Notice: When working more than 9 to 5 makes it hard to find a way to make a living

What to do when you receive a release from your employer?

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