Legal Insights from a Toronto Employment Lawyer
Practical articles on wrongful dismissal, severance packages, employment contracts, and workplace rights in Ontario — written by Sezar Bune, J.D.
What is a Severance Package in a Wrongful Dismissal Claim?
Employee Rights Upon Termination of Employment In Ontario employment law, a severance package is a binding legal contract between an employer and a former employee that sets out the terms and conditions governing the end of an employment relationship. Amongst other...
Factors to Consider When Looking for a Toronto Employment Lawyer
For many people, deciding whether or not to seek legal action against an employer when your employment is terminated is a big decision that comes with a lot stress and uncertainty. Generally, when looking for an employment lawyer, some typical questions an employee...
Understanding and Reviewing Employment Contracts in Ontario
As with any area of business where parties are engaged in dealings with each other, they have typically agreed or come to some sort of understanding of what terms and conditions their relationship will include. For instance, in a commercial tenancy agreement, the...
Employer’s Duty to Accommodate under Ontario Human Rights Law
Under the Human Rights Code, all employers have a duty to accommodate to the point of undue hardship all the needs of people with specific personal characteristics, including disabilities. The main goal is to make sure they have equal opportunities, equal access and...
Understanding Wrongful Dismissals in Ontario
How Does Termination of Employment Work in Ontario? As employment lawyers, we generally advise our employer clients to conduct a regular employment contract review (or at least annually) to ensure they are up-to-date, especially since employment law in Ontario is...
Court Requires Employer to Moral Damages for Bad Conduct during Employee’s Termination
In the recent case called Teljeur v. Aurora Hotel Group, 2023 ONSC 1324, the Ontario Superior Court decision provides an important reminder for employers about always acting with fairly and properly when terminating employees, to avoid having to pay employees moral...
Temporary Layoff? Is Employee’s Silence a Tacit Agreement to a Constructive Dismissal? Court Says “No”
Ontario Court of Appeal Says Silence Does Not Equal Condonation for Temporary Layoff In Ontario, many employment lawyers guide both employees and employers with issues of unpaid temporary layoffs, which is a sensitive topic - and rightfully so. Quite often, we find...
Ontario Employment Lawyer – What is a Severance Package?
What is an Employment Termination Severance Package? When a company terminates employment, it usually provides the employee with documentation it asks the employee to review, sign and send to it to finalize the termination process. For an employment relationship,...
Changes to Canada Labour Code Employment Rules
The Canadian government recently announced some changes to the Canada Labour Code that will affect all federally-regulated employees. Under Regulation SOR/2023-180 related to the Canada Labour Code, there will be certain exemptions for specific categories of employees...
What Qualifies as “Just Cause” for Dismissal in Ontario?
What is Just Cause for Dismissal? Ask any experienced severance package lawyer and most will tell you that under Ontario employment, it is very difficult for employers to successfully defend a wrongful dismissal claim - especially when they have alleged just cause for...