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departing employee

By Occasional Contributors | 2 Minutes Read May 17, 2016

Separation anxiety: Prepare for employee exits

The recent death of Justice Antonin Scalia highlights the duality of employee exits. For exits like Justice Scalia’s, it is unlikely that within hours of death, friends and family ponder the vacuum and replacement challenges the employer will face. Exits like Justice Scalia’s may precipitate introspection by remaining employees - resolutions to focus on family and work-life balance; or a realization that regardless of the power or indispensability of a role, in the end it really is “just a job”, because, as far as we know, we leave it all behind.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Union Relations / departing employee, duality of employee exits, Separation anxiety, succession plan, termination, terminations, work-life balance

By Devry Smith Frank LLP | 4 Minutes Read March 24, 2016

Giving your ‘two weeks’: Jesso and what constitutes reasonable notice for resignation

The question of ‘what constitutes reasonable notice’ is one of the most frequently litigated issues in employment law. There are numerous decisions from every level of court in Ontario which discuss the obligations of an employer to provide a reasonable period of notice to dismissed employees. However, it is a relatively rare occurrence that the Court deals with the inverse – the reasonable period of notice due to an employer by an employee who resigns. While most of us are familiar with the old adage of giving your ‘two weeks’ notice, the recent decision in Gagnon may call into question the sufficiency of such short notice.

Article by Devry Smith Frank LLP / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll / damages, departing employee, duty of good faith, Employee resignation, employment contract, employment law, reasonable notice for resignation, verbal agreement

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read May 1, 2014

Three of the most popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

Three of the most popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with employment standards proactive inspections; disclosure under privacy law; and severance entitlements.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll, Privacy / 2014-15 province-wide ESA inspection blitzes, Alberta Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, bonus, departing employee, employment law, employment relationship, employment standards act, HR compliance, HRinfodesk, Ontario Ministry of Labour, personal information, policy and procedures, statutory minimum, termination, termination policy, termination without cause, terminations

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