Ask any top Ontario employment lawyer with experience in handing wrongful dismissal claims and constructive dismissal claims, and they will tell you a termination clause in employment contract is the hot-button issue in the area of wrongful dismissal litigation. What Makes Termination Clauses in
How Does a Wrongful Dismissal Case Work in Ontario?
What is a Wrongful Dismissal? As any wrongful dismissal lawyer would say, under Ontario employment law, a wrongful dismissal occurs when an employer terminates an employee without providing them with: (i) the required amount of prior notice before their last day of work, or (ii) the required amount
Can my Employer Force me to Sign a New Employment Contract?
Is Your Employer Forcing you to Sign a New Employment Agreement? Imagine this: you're happily chugging away at your desk, when all of a sudden your boss slides a glossy new employment contract across your table, asking that you "take this home and get it back to me when you're ready". Do you have
Common Workplace Issues Where Ontario Employment Lawyers Can Help
As Ontario employment lawyers, we are often asked important questions about common workplace issues by clients as part of employment law consultations. Many of these questions touch on various topics, such as: wrongful dismissal claims constructive dismissal claims employment contract
Constructive Dismissal: Chalmers v Airways Transit Service and Bladder Capital Group, 2023 ONSC 57825
Recently, an Ontario court continued the string of court decisions that build on a common theme post-COVID-19 pandemic for constructive dismissal lawyers: awarding a wrongfully terminated employee additional reasonable notice of termination (or pay in lieu of notice) in has been known as
What is an Employee’s Wrongful Resignation?
What is an Employee's Wrongful Resignation? Sometimes, an employee is so upset or disinterested in their job that they decide to quickly up and leave. At other times, leaving a job is a momentous decision, often fueled by a desire for something better. But what happens when you resign and later
Termination Without Cause Explained in Ontario Employment Law
Imagine this: you arrive to work one morning and are called into your manager's office and told that your employment is terminated without cause. No reason given, just a sudden goodbye, thank you for your service and a financial severance package. To many people, this is the often shocking,
Workplace Investigations and Wrongful Dismissal Claims
When dealing with wrongful dismissal claims, the typical issue is an employer who terminates an employee's job without cause and fails to provide them with an appropriate severance package. However, a common issue resulting in a wrongful dismissal claim or an employee negotiating a severance package