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Wrongful Termination
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Achkar Law Blog
Wrongful Termination Ontario: When Negotiations No Longer Work
Author: Charldera Murphy So, you have hit a wall in your negotiations with your former employer, and you can’t reach a fair and reasonable settlement on your termination package. When…
Stacey R. Ball Blog
Emailing Your Lawyer from Your Work Email: Solicitor-Client Privilege
In Jean-Sébastien Leroux v. Proex Inc., 2022 ONSC 319, an employee made a mistake that no employee should make: they used their work email address to communicate with their wrongful…
Kirakosian Law Blog
Wrongful Termination Lawyer in California
When you’re let go from your job, the embarrassment linked with being dismissed might prevent you from looking at the underlying reason for your termination in the first place. There…
Achkar Law Blog
Employment Lawyer Toronto: Negotiation vs Litigation
Popular culture depicts lawyers and other legal professionals as constantly engaged in litigation and representing clients in courtrooms. As fun and dramatic as lawyering seems in media, those representations do…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Hospital worker fired after not declaring COVID-19 symptoms
Ontario worker had persistent cough but didn't indicate it on daily form; later tested positive
Stacey R. Ball Blog
Dismissed Employee Turns to UBER Job for Support: Income Held Not to be Deductible from Damages Award
Generally speaking, a wrongfully dismissed employee has a duty to mitigate their damages by seeking alternative employment. If they are successful in finding new employment, the income they receive from…
WSNYC Blog: The Latest in Employment Law
Golf Club Employee Fired for Following Covid Guidelines
Andrew Balint worked at Leewood Golf Club in Eastchester as the assistant general manager from 2019 to the summer of 2020. In March of 2020, Leewood Golf Club began remote…
Stacey R. Ball Blog
Just Cause for Dismissal, According to the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal
In a recently released decision, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal was tasked with determining whether or not an employer, the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority Inc., had just cause to terminate…
Achkar Law Blog
Can My Employer Fire Me for Staying Home While I Have COVID-19?
Generally, your employer cannot fire you for staying home while you have COVID-19. Employee are protected under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the “Act”), which provides for several job-protected leaves.…
California Employment Law Update
January 2022 California Employment Law Notes
By Tony Oncidi
We invite you to review our newly-posted January 2022 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights include:…