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Fasken
Across Canada, terminated employees typically have an obligation to mitigate any constructive or wrongful dismissal damages by seeking comparable employment.
McMillan LLP
In recent years, termination clauses seeking to limit employees' entitlements have come under increasing scrutiny from Ontario courts...
Fasken (French)
Dans l'ensemble du Canada, les employés congédiés ont généralement l'obligation d'atténuer leurs dommages découlant d'un congédiement déguisé ou injustifié en cherchant un emploi comparable.
Dentons
Un tribunal de l'Alberta a récemment ordonné que les renseignements recueillis et le dossier compilé par le conseiller en ressources...
Roper Greyell LLP – Employment and Labour Lawyers
The Federal Court of Canada's recent decision in Konteft v. Lower Lakes Towing Ltd., 2024 FC 96 (CanLII) confirms that maritime employment law requires careful consideration of jurisdictional issues.
Lerners LLP
John Teljeur was employed as the General Manager of a golf resort in Haliburton, Ontario. On December 6, 2021, he was terminated without cause.
Dentons
In a recent decision, an Alberta court ordered the disclosure of the records and information gathered by a human resources consultant retained by the employer to investigate alleged harassment by an employee.
Turnpenny Milne
With a rising number of employees raising allegations of workplace misconduct and pursuing wrongful dismissal claims, it is more important than ever for employers...
Fasken (French)
L'entrée en vigueur du Règlement sur les agences de placement de personnel et les agences de recrutement de travailleurs étrangers temporaires...
Fasken
The coming into force of the Regulation respecting personnel placement agencies and recruitment agencies for temporary foreign workers...
Cassels
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice's decision in Boyer v. Callidus, 2024 ONSC 20, is a cautionary tale for employers that demonstrates the importance of ensuring employment contracts...
Torkin Manes LLP
Two recent decisions of the Ontario Courts (in Dufault and Kopyl) serve as stark reminders that: Our courts continue to be ready and willing to find new ways to strike down termination clauses...
Fasken
Does an unpredictable event that temporarily eliminates an employer's business amount to frustration of the employment contract? The British Columbia Court of Appeal's decision...
Dentons
There is an emerging trend of employees surreptitiously recording and posting their termination meeting on social media.
Carters Professional Corporation
Ontario employers, including charities and not-for-profits, may need to update their employment contracts again to ensure the language in termination clauses complies in exacting detail with provincial minimum employment standards legislation.
Fasken (French)
Est-ce qu'un événement imprévisible qui occasionne la fermeture temporaire de l'entreprise d'un employeur rend inexécutable le contrat de travail?
Lerners LLP
Why bother having employment contracts? Many business owners who have become embroiled in a wrongful dismissal action....
Spring Law
Mitigation issues can save an employer months of termination pay and/or gut your termination case, depending on whether you are the employer or employee...
Littler - Canada
In Gannon v. Kinsdale Carriers, 2024 ONSC 1060, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice denied common law reasonable notice to an employee who was wrongfully dismissed...
McMillan LLP
In Gannon v Kinsdale Carriers, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found that a terminated employee failed to mitigate by refusing to accept an offer of comparable employment, ...
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