A former decor store manager at Arista Homes has been awarded eight months’ notice after the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled she had been wrongfully dismissed from her job.…
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Ontario employer’s bid to limit notice in fixed-term contract dispute over invalid termination clauses rejected by Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has dismissed the notion put forth by an employer that, due to invalid termination clauses, its fixed-term employment agreement would merely entitle a former…
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Rewriting the rules: HR needs to review employment contracts in light of Dufault ruling, says Rudner
HR professionals and employment lawyers alike are digesting the recent Dufault v. The Corporation of the Township of Ignace ruling by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice that could reshape…
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Former investment advisor on hook for nearly $430K of $1.6 million ‘recruitment bonus’ he received: Ontario court
An Ontario court has awarded a financial company nearly $430,000 from a former investment advisor who was given a recruitment bonus of $1.6 million in a case the judge called…
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Employment ContractsFeatured
B.C. court upholds 2 key provisions in contract, rejects operations manager’s bid for bonus payment after he resigned
The former operations manager at First Light Technologies has been awarded $16,125 — or two months’ salary — after he quit his job following a change in the company’s ownership.…
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Employment ContractsFeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Ontario court awards 24 months’ notice to long-term employee with outdated contract who was terminated without cause
A 58-year-old employee at Ciena Canada has been awarded 24 months’ notice by an Ontario court after he was terminated without cause after 22 years of service. The worker, MG,…
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Employment ContractsFeaturedWrongful Dismissal
New Brunswick court upholds $2 million award to hospital CEO who was fired by the Premier at a press conference
A court has upheld an adjudicator’s decision that awarded the former president and CEO of New Brunswick Horizon Health Network more than four year’s pay and $200,000 in aggravated damages…
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Jail sentence frustrated employment contract for farm manager, no entitlement to termination pay: Ontario Labour Relations Board
A farm manager whose employment was terminated after he was sentenced to an 18-month incarceration for a criminal offense is not entitled to termination pay, the Ontario Labour Relations Board…
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Employment ContractsFeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Canada-U.S. border closure did not frustrate contract for duty-free shop worker, rules B.C. appeal court in upholding 10 months’ notice
A duty free shop in British Columbia that refused to pay severance to a retail sales clerk, arguing that the COVID-19 pandemic and the closure of the U.S.-Canada border frustrated…
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Employment ContractsFeaturedSmall Claims Court
Respite care worker’s award for breach of contract slashed after she fails to provide evidence around mitigation
The British Columbia Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) has slashed its award in a contract dispute case involving a respite care worker after she admitted to returning to a previous job…