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The Importance of Language in Employment Contracts, Policies and Clauses
Employees often encounter incentive plan agreements that contain language limiting or eliminating their ability to collect such payments upon the termination of their employment. With the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision in Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., employers...
Ontario Court of Appeal decision will make you give your termination clause a second look
In Ontario, termination clauses in employment contracts must comply with the Employment Standards Act (ESA). When provisions of an employee’s contract fail to comply with the ESA, the non-compliant provisions are unenforceable. However, a recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision...
Workplace Discrimination
According to the Ontario Human Rights Commission, about three-quarters of all human rights claims in Ontario come from the workplace. Considering we spend so much of our time at work, it is important to work in a healthy environment, where...
COVID-19: Can Your Employer Force You Back to Work in Ontario?
With the Province of Ontario now into Stage 1 of its ‘Framework for Reopening’ businesses, many workers have questions about their rights as they relate working during the COVID-19 pandemic. If your employer is allowed to resume business but you...
Constructive Dismissal: The unapparent termination
Both employees and employers alike must be aware of how changes and acts in an employment relationship can result in constructive dismissal. What is constructive dismissal? Constructive dismissal can take many forms. Among them, changes to an employee’s job title,...
