The employee in this case, who received 54 weeks of working notice – well in excess of all statutory payments owed – was awarded an additional lump sum payment of 26 weeks for severance.
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The Ontario Small Claims Court has reinforced the importance of providing statutory severance in strict accordance with the terms of the province’s Read More...
In Mattiassi v. Hathro Management Partnership the Ontario Superior Court of Justice reinforced that severance pay must be paid in lump sum no matter h Read More...
An employee who has been continuously employed for three months or more in an indefinite employment contract is statutorily entitled to a minimum amou Read More...
A "termination package" often uses the terms "notice” and "severance" interchangeably. But these terms under Canadian employment law are technically Read More...
Decisions which will alter or stray from the intention of legislation will not be allowed by the Courts.
An employer may still have to pay common law notice on termination even though a termination clause attempts to limit such notice to statutory.
