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Termination Clause
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Stacey R. Ball Blog
Saving Provisions In Termination Clauses Do Not Always Save The Day
Employers include termination clauses in the employment contracts to limit employees’ termination entitlements once they are dismissed from work. However, if a termination clause provides for less than statutory minimum…
Stacey R. Ball Blog
Severability Clause Cannot Save An Invalid Termination Provision
In the decision of North v. Metaswitch Networks Corporation, 2017 ONCA 790, the Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”) reaffirmed the previous court decision that a termination clause is void if…
Employee Rights Blog
COVID-19, Layoffs, Termination Provisions
By Bram Lecker
As the COVID-19 Pandemic continues to rage and businesses are once again forced to shutter, more and more employees are finding themselves on the receiving end of a temporary layoff…
Lash Condo Law Blog
Court Decision: Why Condos Need to Review their Employment Contracts
By Denise Lash
The New Year ushered in a number of changes, and one which lawyers had been keeping their eyes on was whether the Supreme Court of Canada would agree to hear…
Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada
Waksdale: Now the Final Word on Termination Provisions – Leave to Appeal Waksdale Decision to the Supreme Court of Canada is Denied
[caption id="attachment_9518" align="alignright" width="300"] Image by Edar from Pixabay[/caption] The highest Canadian court has just confirmed that an invalid “just cause” termination section in an employment contract will also knock…
Law Times News
With leave for appeal denied, Waksdale decision remains authority on termination clauses: lawyer
The decision rendered many termination clauses invalid
Rudner Law Blog
Check Your Employment Contracts: Leave to Appeal Denied in Waksdale
By Nadia Zaman
Recently, the Supreme Court of Canada denied leave to appeal in Waksdale v Swegon North America Inc (Waksdale), which means that the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision remains the law…
Workforce Bulletin
Ontario Court of Appeal Limits Severability of Termination Clauses in Employment Contracts
By Erika C. Collins, Ryan H. Hutzler, Anastasia A. Regne
On June 16, 2020, the Court of Appeal for Ontario handed down a decision that will have a profound impact on the enforceability of termination provisions in Ontario employment agreements.…
Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada
Employers Get Out Your Contracts: An Important Ruling on Termination Provisions
By Jeff Tinker
[caption id="attachment_9505" align="alignright" width="300"] Image by Edar from Pixabay[/caption] This Ontario Court of Appeal decision has been the talk of the town on all the Ontario employment law blogs and…
Rudner Law Blog
Employers: Double-check Your Termination Clauses
By Stuart Rudner, Ayesha Adamjee
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