Employment Contracts

The Ontario Court of Appeal has granted the Income Security Advocacy Centre and Parkdale Community Legal Services leave to intervene as a coalition in an upcoming appeal concerning the enforceability …

Two former mobile investment consultants at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) have been awarded common law reasonable notice after an Ontario court found their employment contracts contained termination …

An Ontario tribunal has rejected an employer’s attempt to escape a $350,000 termination payment by arguing that provisions never written into the employment agreement should be implied into it — …

A manager in Toronto has been awarded four months’ pay after an Ontario Superior Court judge found her employer’s termination clause violated employment standards legislation and was therefore unenforceable. The …

The Court of King’s Bench of Alberta has ruled that a former Stephen Avenue Securities Inc. employee was continuously employed for 24 years and not a casual worker, overturning a …

An Ontario Superior Court judge has awarded a terminated employee three months’ notice after ruling that a probationary employment clause in his contract was void and unenforceable because it violated …

The Ontario Court of Appeal has granted the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) leave to intervene in a wrongful dismissal case involving Van Dolder’s Home Team, finding the appeal raises …

An Ontario Superior Court judge has ruled that Facebook Canada’s termination clause violated employment standards legislation, awarding a former research director 10 months’ notice but rejecting his claim to millions …

A former chief executive officer has been awarded more than $184,000 in damages after his employer failed to pay the severance outlined in his employment contract, according to an Ontario …

A former sales executive has won her fight for unpaid commissions after an Ontario court ruled her employer could not unilaterally change her compensation structure without written consent, even when …