Tag: Wrongful Dismissal

Can a successor employer offer a person lessor termination pay than the original employer?

by Doug MacLeod | Nov 17, 2017 | For Employers

Can a successor employer offer a person lessor termination pay than the original employer? Can a successor employer offer a person lessor termination pay than the original employer? This issue was addressed by Ontario’s Court of Appeal in Krishnamoorthy v. Olympus...

All We Do Is Work

by Doug MacLeod | Oct 31, 2017 | For Employers

All We Do Is Work This blog introduces you to all members of the firm and describes the kinds of cases we handle. OUR PEOPLE Nicole Simes has been working with me for more than four years. She represents and advises employers and employees. She spends a lot of her...

Being Terminated Before You Get Your Foot In The Door

by Nadia Halum | Sep 22, 2017 | For Employees

Being Terminated Before You Get Your Foot In The Door From time to time, we get a call from a person who has accepted a job offer, quit their existing job, and then been told that the job offer has been revoked before the person starts work. The person wants to know,...

What kind of damages are you entitled to if your employer makes frivolous allegations about you?

by Nadia Halum | Aug 22, 2017 | For Employees

What kind of damages are you entitled to if your employer makes frivolous allegations about you? As we have written before, an employer may generally terminate an employee for any good business reason as long as it provides the employee with adequate notice of...

The Rights of Unionized Employees

by Nicole Simes | Aug 14, 2017 | For Employees

The Rights of Unionized Employees Are you a unionized employee? Have you been terminated or have you experienced mistreatment in your workplace on the basis of your age, race, religious views, gender, sexual orientation or any other ground? It is important to remember...

Have you Been Terminated Due to Poor Performance Under a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)?

by Fiona Martyn | Aug 11, 2017 | For Employees

Have you Been Terminated Due to Poor Performance Under a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)? The objective of a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) is to help an employee identify and correct weaknesses in their performance. Nevertheless, employers are not always...

How to Prove Mental Distress: An Update

by Nadia Halum | Jun 23, 2017 | For Employees

How to Prove Mental Distress: An Update Did you know that if an employer mistreats an employee either during their employment or at the time of their termination, that employee may be entitled to damages for mental distress? For example, an employee may be entitled to...

Wrongful Dismissal: the Retail Restructuring Edition

by Nicole Simes | Jun 9, 2017 | For Employees

Wrongful Dismissal: the Retail Restructuring Edition Recently, the National Post reported that the Hudson’s Bay Co. is eliminating 2,000 positions due to changes in the retail sector. Over the past few years, we have seen employees terminated from the Bay, Sears,...

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Have you Been Terminated Due to Poor Performance Under a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)?

How to Prove Mental Distress: An Update

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