The Court of Appeal decided that an employee has the right to unilaterally revoke a notice of resignation due to changing circumstances.
The federal government has introduced numerous measures to help small business avoid layoffs and keep employees on their payroll during the COVID-19 crisis.
An employer may terminate an employee without cause but only if the employer provides notice of termination ahead of time or payment in lieu of notice.
In Ruston v. Keddco MFG. (2011) Ltd. Ontario’s highest court recently upheld a substantial damages and costs award against an employer that breached its “duty of good faith and fair dealing in the manner of dismissal.”
Many believe that common law notice is calculated based on 1 month for each completed year of service. While some employees are awarded notice that appears to follow that calculation, sometimes employees are entitled to more. This proved to ...
In Wood v. Fred Deeley Imports Ltd. the employee signed an employment agreement the day after she commenced work.
In Trinh v. CS Wind Canada Inc. the employer was ordered to pay nearly $60,000 in damages after the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario found the employee had no choice but to resign due to discrimination, repeated harassment and failure to ac ...
Hall v. Quicksilver Resources Canada Inc. - British Columbia Court of Appeal held that despite the agreement with the former employer not referring to severance, the substance of the agreement and surrounding circumstances all suggested the ...