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By Adam Gorley | 3 Minutes Read April 7, 2016

Evolving employment contract law, political activities and charities

As an Executive Director, there are many different areas that need your attention on a daily basis: strategic direction, fundraising, stakeholder engagement, employee and volunteer management, media relations and grant applications, just to name a few. With all of these factors to manage, keeping up with changes in legal compliance and CRA requirements may not be perceived as a top priority. However, failing to pay attention to compliance can leave your organization vulnerable to the risk of financial penalties and have a negative impact on your reputation. I want to highlight a couple of recent issues you may want to consider.

Article by Adam Gorley / Not for Profit / commercial contracts, CRA requirements, employee and volunteer management, employment contract, employment law, HR for Non Profit, HR for Not for Profit, Human Resources, legal compliance, political activities, Registered charities, reputation, risk of financial penalties

By Vey Willetts LLP | 3 Minutes Read July 17, 2015

Is there now an implied duty to provide reasons for dismissal?

One of the most common complaints employment lawyers hear from workers who have just lost their jobs is that they don’t know why they were fired. Many become even more aggravated when they ask for a reason and are told ‘we don’t have to give you one.’ Unsurprisingly, this type of response can often result in the now ex-employee imagining all kinds of innovative rationales as to explain their dismissal.

Article by Vey Willetts LLP / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll, Union Relations / commercial contracts, duty of good faith, duty to provide reasons for dismissal, employment contract, employment law, employment standards act, implied duty of “honest contractual performance”, implied duty to give reasons for dismissal, reason for dismissal, reason for the suspension, termination, terminations, Wallace v. United Grain Growers Ltd

By Occasional Contributors | 4 Minutes Read August 11, 2014

Supreme Court of Canada limits the right to appeal commercial arbitral decisions on issues of contractual interpretation

In Sattva Capital Corp. v. Creston Moly Corp., 2014 SCC 53 (Sattva), released August 1, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada overturned the historical approach and held that contractual interpretation involves questions of mixed fact and law rather than pure questions of law. As a result, leave to appeal from an arbitral award interpreting a contract should not have been granted. The Court also reaffirmed the contextual approach to contractual interpretation and explained the role of surrounding circumstances in contractual interpretation.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting / arbitral award, Commercial and corporate law, commercial contracts, contractual interpretation involves questions of mixed fact and law, dispute, finder’s fee agreement, finder’s fee in the form of shares, interpreting a contract, issues of contractual interpretation, limits the right to appeal commercial arbitral decisions, Sattva Capital Corp. v. Creston Moly Corp., Supreme Court of Canada

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