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Ever Changing Termination Date Results In Full Award of Notice
July 19, 2011
Termination dates must be clear and unambiguous in order for working notice to be applicable, otherwise notice provided to the employee prior to the t Read More...

$195,000 Claim Highlights Rampant Exploitation of Migrant Employees
June 9, 2011
Even in this developed nation with laws governing employment and labour, shocking abuses still occur. One of the most common areas of exploitation is Read More...

CFO Awarded $175,200 for Termination before Company Takeover
January 20, 2011
Changes in the control of a company are often accompanied by uncertainty and volatility. For this reason, employment contracts may contain clauses des Read More...

Employer Repudiates, Contractor Still Mitigates after Termination
December 30, 2010
A business owner enters into an agreement to sell his company and to become its new management consultant. Things go well until he’s given a task th Read More...

Non-Competition Agreements—Are Global Restrictions Enforceable?
December 3, 2010
Is it reasonable for an employer with customers all over the world to enforce a globally-applicable non-competition agreement with former employees? H Read More...

Costco Employee Wrongfully Terminated After Lengthy Medical Leave
August 27, 2010
On June 15, 2010, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. wrongfully terminated the employment of Frank Naccarat Read More...

Infamous Wrongful Dismissal – Public Employee Wins $1.35M in Damages
July 26, 2010
Two high-ranking public servants moved forward on reform plans designed to save Public Works billions of dollars. The future looked bright. But sudden Read More...

Supreme Court of Canada Unwilling to Apply Doctrine of Severance to Restrictive Covenants
December 5, 2009
Ambiguous terms in a restrictive covenant will not be remedied through notional severance and only narrowly through blue-pencil severance.

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