Employment Lawyer Toronto

Toronto Employment Lawyer

By

The Duty to Mitigate in Wrongful Dismissal Cases in Ontario

In a recent Ontario employment dispute, the court applied the legal principle of "duty to mitigate" in wrongful dismissal cases, which reduced the employee's compensation for termination (or severance package). What is an Employee's Duty to Mitigate in Wrongful Dismissal Cases in Ontario? As a

By

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

By

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

By

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

By

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

By

What Happens if Fixed-Term Contract is Terminated Early?

In the recent case called Kopyl v. Losani Homes, 2024 ONCA 199, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a lower court's ruling that found in favour of an employee who was successful in a wrongful dismissal claim involving a fixed-term contract. Background The employee commenced his job with an

By

Court Finds Employer’s Failure to Pay Commissions is a Repudiation of Employment Contract

In a recent court case in British Columbia called Klyn v Pentax Canada Inc., 2024 BCSC 372, an employee named Mr. Klyn was successful in a wrongful dismissal claim against his former employer, Pentax. Specifically, the employee claimed that the employer breached their employment contract by failing