Employee dismissal

Employment contract oversight proves costly

February 13, 2017 Sara Forte Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Recruiting and Hiring, Source Deductions and Reporting, Wages and Compensation

As an employment lawyer, my consistent advice to employers is, whether you have one employee or one hundred employees, every employer needs to have written employment contracts. There are a number of ways that employment contracts can avoid or reduce liability, but the single most valuable term to include is a termination clause. In a written employment contract, employers have the opportunity to limit what can otherwise be a significant liability to their employees for termination pay, also referred to as severance or reasonable notice of termination.

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Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

April 14, 2016 Cristina Lavecchia Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Source Deductions and Reporting, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with: An FAQ in relation to an employer’s obligation to have a casual worker sign off on vacation pay; a case that looks at workplace investigations; and Ontario’s proposal of eliminating the “30% Rule” for pension investment.

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Commencement of notice period when employee is dismissed while on disability leave

November 6, 2015 Rudner Law, Employment / HR Law & Mediation Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Integrated Accessibility Regulation, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Standard for Employment, Wages and Compensation

Sometimes, individuals will be dismissed from their jobs at a time when they are on disability leave. There is nothing wrong with this, as long as the decision to dismiss is entirely unrelated to the employee’s disability. For example, if an organization decides to eliminate a department of ten people, one of which is currently […]

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Defendants’ apologies found not admissible in civil proceedings or pleadings

October 19, 2015 Devry Smith Frank LLP Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll

The Apology Act is lesser-known piece of Ontario legislation which came into force in 2009. The Act allows defendants in a civil proceeding to communicate sorrow or regret to the other party, without their apology being used against them later in court.

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