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By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 4 Minutes Read April 30, 2012

Why it is never a good idea to dismiss an employee by email

A human resource person in one of the largest insurance company in the UK mistakenly fired 1,300 global employees in its investment unit by email. The email asked them to turn over their security credentials and company property on their way out and to remember their contractual obligation pertaining to confidential information. Oops! The email was only meant to go to one employee.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employee Relations, Employment Standards / Dismissing employee by email, employment law, Firing by email, termination letter, termination notice, termination policy, Termination technique, terminations

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 2 Minutes Read April 27, 2012

Employer paid no notice or severance when it terminated employee of 36 years without cause

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice just decided that an employer terminated a 65-year-old long-term employee without the proper amount of notice or severance. As a result, the employer had to pay hefty damages, interest and costs award

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Employment Standards / Age at termination, damages, employment law, long-term employee, mitigation, notice period, reasonable notice, reasonable termination notice, statutory obligations, statutory requirements, Statutory severance, supervisor, termination, termination notice, termination without cause, wrongful dismissal, years of service

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read April 27, 2012

April 28, Day of Mourning across Canada

On April 28 of each year, we honour workers who have lost their lives as a result of workplace injury or disease with the Day of Mourning.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Health and Safety / Day of Mourning, health and safety in the workplace, occupational health and safety, workplace deaths, Workplace disease, workplace fatalities, workplace injury

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