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Why it is Important to Review Employment Contract with Employment Lawyer in Ontario

Congratulations! You just landed your dream job in Ontario. While the excitement is bubbling over, and visions of a successful career dance in your head, there are many other considerations that should also be top of mind. Most important among them is the crucial step that all employees in Ontario

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Wrongful Dismissals in Ontario: How to Navigate a Severance Package

Being let go from your job can be a shock, especially if you feel that your termination was unjust or without cause. In Ontario, wrongful dismissal – when an employer terminates your employment without reasonable notice or justification – can leave you feeling both emotionally and financially

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Tell Me What I Need to Know about Ontario Employment Law

Ontario employment law is an area of the law that is always changing, complicated and with many different aspects and issues that come up for employment lawyers. While it is difficult to touch base on the often occurring employment law topics, this employment lawyer blog post will delve into some of

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Ontario Banning Doctor’s Notes for Employers

What is a Doctor's Note? Recent changes announced by the Ontario government to employment law will prohibit employers in the province from requiring  employees to provide doctor's notes to justify a medical leave of absence (or sick leave) from work.  Put simply, a doctor's note (or medical

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What do I Need to Know about Wrongful Dismissal Claims in Ontario?

Ontario Wrongful Dismissal Claims in Ontario Employment Law In the recent Ontario court case involving a wrongful dismissal claim Jimmy How Tein Fat v. PRGX Canada Corp., 2023 ONSC 6374, the court ruled on many employment law issues that commonly arise in wrongful dismissal claims and therefore

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Ontario Employment Lawyers Assisting with Human Rights Claims

Ontario Human Rights Law In Ontario, the Human Rights Code prohibits employment-related discrimination on protected grounds, such as an employee's age, race, sex, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity or place of origin. Likewise, employers are required to protect employees from experiencing

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Short-Term Employee Severance Packages | Ontario Employment Lawyer

Short-Term Employee Severance Packages While the general rule in Ontario employment law is that an employee is entitled to a greater severance package for having worked for the same employer for a long period of time, there are some exceptions. Contrary to some misconceptions, in many wrongful