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Dismissal

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Job for life is no joke for Quebec employer

It is important for employers to keep in mind that the words in employment contracts have meaning. Moreover, where it is the employer that has drafted the contract and sought the requested terms, in the event of a later dispute over said terms, it is likely the courts will give effect to the logical, common sense meaning of the contractual language and interpret any ambiguity in the employee’s favour.

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What is “consideration”? Employers beware when implementing new agreements

Consider this: you provide a new agreement to an existing employee. The agreement contains a termination clause limiting the employee’s entitlements upon termination to the minimum under the statute. The employee signs the contract. Several years later, after dismissing the employee and providing them with their minimum statutory entitlements, you receive a letter from the employee’s lawyer seeking 24 months of pay in lieu of notice.

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Preventing discrimination claims

Employment Lawyers often say that the two riskiest parts of the employment relationship are the hiring stage and the dismissal. Each of these raise their own specific sets of risks, but one commonality is that it is often easy for the candidate or employee to allege that they were discriminated against on the basis of a protected ground under Human Rights legislation.

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