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The Wrongful Dismissal – What Happened?
Esther Brake worked for McDonald’s for over twenty-five years, first in Cornerbrook, Newfoundland, and then as a restaurant manager in Ottawa. She had received nothing but excellent reviews for years, but in 2011 she was suddenly told her performance was inadequate and that she had two options: accept a…
Currently, employees covered by the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) are entitled to at least two weeks of vacation time after completing 12 continuous months of employment (whether active or inactive). Vacation pay is addressed separately from vacation time, and employees are currently entitled to at least 4% of their wages as vacation pay. …
Employers have long been advised to ensure that a new employee agrees to and executes his or her written employment contract before starting work. Otherwise, there is a risk that the employment contract will be held to be unenforceable on the basis that there was no “consideration” provided to the employee in exchange for entering…
Employers frequently address the issue of whether a dismissed employee should be paid a bonus that would be paid after an employee’s dismissal but during the period of common law reasonable notice. We now have recent guidance from Ontario’s highest court on this issue
In Paquette v TeraGo Networks Inc., 2016 ONCA 618, the…
