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 c… Free Membership …
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CEO awarded $184,000 after company fails to pay severance owed in employment contract
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 …
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PREMIUM Sales rep wins $61,000 commission fight after company fails to get written consent for policy changes
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… …
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PREMIUM Strata corporation in B.C. ordered to release employee contracts despite privacy concerns
A British Columbia strata corporation must provide copies of non-union employment contracts to a unit owner after wrongly refusing the request on privacy grounds, the Civil Resolution Tribunal has ruled.… …
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Temporary layoff clause survives invalid termination provisions in Ontario ruling
An Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruling has determined that temporary layoff provisions in employment contracts are not termination clauses and therefore remain enforceable even when other termina… Free Membership …
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Employment ContractsFeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Sales rep awarded eight months’ notice, Nova Scotia court cites ambiguous termination clause
A Nova Scotia sales representative has been awarded eight months’ notice after a court found his employment contract’s termination clause was too ambiguous to limit his common law entitlements. C.B. …
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Employers beware: Canadian courts have lost patience with sloppy, lazy, bad-faith terminations
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe farm worker had given 40 years of his life to the same employer. Four decades of early mornings, seasonal rhythms, and the kind of loyalty that seems quaint in …
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PREMIUM Court sets aside executive’s self-negotiated employment contract in corporate dispute
An Ontario Superior Court judge has set aside an employment contract that a company executive negotiated with himself during a bitter corporate dispute, ruling the agreement represented “blatant” self-dealing that… …
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Ontario Court of Appeal upholds employment contract limiting termination pay to ESA minimums
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision dismissing a wrongful dismissal claim, confirming that properly worded employment agreements can successfully limit an employee’s entitlem… Free Membership …
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Employment ContractsFeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Court blasts employer’s ‘hard line’ approach, awards maximum costs available in wrongful dismissal case
An Ontario employer’s “hard-line approach” and unreasonable settlement position in a wrongful dismissal case has resulted in the court ordering the maximum costs allowable under simplified procedure r… Free Membership …