After-Acquired Cause for Termination Before discussing after-acquired termination for cause, it is...
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Guidance for Ontario Employers for Drafting Employment Severance Packages
In a recent case, the courts have provided essential clarification for employers when it comes to...
When Does an Employee Not Have to Mitigate After a Wrongful Dismissal?
When Do Employees Not Have a Duty to Mitigate Damages After a Wrongful or Constructive Dismissal? Under Ontario employment law, employees who have been wrongfully dismissed or constructively dismissed typically have a duty to mitigate their damages. In other words, an...
How an Employer’s Unfair Conduct can Repudiate an Employment Contract
In Ontario, employment lawyers typically deal with wrongful dismissal claims involving negotiating a severance package. Many of these cases involve legitimate disagreements as to an employee's entitlements to termination pay and severance pay, which usually turns on...
Some Important Employment Law Cases in Ontario
In Canada, employment law is essentially a labyrinth of various pieces of rules that are found in different aspects of the legal system, including: legislation (or statutes) common law (or cases decided by judges that become binding legal precedents) employment...