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By Devan Marr | 3 Minutes Read May 1, 2018

Singer strikes back: Court of Appeal awards damages for lost bonus over 17 month notice period

There are several important takeaways from this decision for both employers and employees. The first is that the Court will carefully review bonus documentation for the parties' intention to remove any entitlement after termination.

Article by Devan Marr / Employee Relations, Payroll / Compensation package, employment law, lost bonus, notice period, reasonable notice period, termination

By De Bousquet PC Barristers and Solicitors | 2 Minutes Read August 18, 2017

Must you include bonuses when calculating lost wages?

In the case, Bain v. UBS, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice tackled the issue of whether bonuses are too be included when calculating the income that an individual would have earned during a period of reasonable notice.

Article by De Bousquet PC Barristers and Solicitors / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll / Bain v. UBS, Bonus entitlement on termination, bonuses, compensation, Compensation package, employment contract, employment law, lost wages, reasonable notice, termination, wrongful dismissal

By Rubin Thomlinson LLP | 3 Minutes Read December 21, 2016

Communicating bonus preconditions to employees

In the last few months, there has been an influx of commentary on the enforceability of contractual provisions purporting to limit an employee’s bonus entitlements upon termination. Following the Ontario Court of Appeal’s seminal decisions in Paquette v. TeraGo Networks Inc. and Lin v. Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, much of this commentary has focused on the language needed to oust an employee’s implied right to their complete compensation package during the reasonable notice period. This focus on semantics has overshadowed one other consideration that remains instrumental to the enforceability of bonus provisions—the need to sufficiently communicate to employees the preconditions of bonus eligibility.

Article by Rubin Thomlinson LLP / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll / annual bonus, bonus, bonus eligibility, bonus entitlements, bonus entitlements upon termination, bonus payout, bonus plan, bonus policy, Compensation package, employment law

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