executive compensation

Top employment law cases of the 2010s

December 19, 2019 Jeff Dutton, Dutton Employment Law Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Wages and Compensation, 0

In order of appearance, from newest to oldest, here are the employment law cases that shaped Ontario and to some extent every jurisdiction in Canada in the 2010s:

bad faith in the employer's conduct, employment law, executive compensation, foreign arbitration clauses, incentive compensation plans, sexual assault and harassment, statutory termination pay, summary judgement, termination, Termination clause

Potential reprisal complaint on the horizon? Act fast!

January 25, 2019 Employer Advisor, McCarthy Tétrault LLP Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll

Where an employee may argue that they were terminated due to raising health and safety or workplace violence/harassment concerns, they have an avenue for redress open to them under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

benefits, employment law, executive compensation, Immigration Law, occupational health and safety, pensions, termination

Perte d’options d’achat d’actions : abus ou oppression?

August 17, 2015 Occasional Contributors French Based HR/RH Content, French Based Payroll/Gestion De La Paie Content, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Source Deductions and Reporting, Wages and Compensation

L’attrait des régimes d’options d’achat d’actions (ROAA) est indéniable : en liant les gains des cadres à l’augmentation du cours des actions de la compagnie, un ROAA offre un mode de rémunération flexible doublé d’un programme d’intéressement à long terme.

congédiement, conseil d’administration, Droit de l'emploi, Droit du travail, executive compensation, lien d’emploi est rompu, mode de rémunération flexible, onduite des dirigeants, régimes d’options d’achat d’actions, stock option plan

Deferred compensation: You can take it with you (sometimes)

September 23, 2013 Earl Altman Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Wages and Compensation

Deferred compensation in the form of future bonuses, retention payments, and stock options has become a standard element of executive compensation. While there are countless variations of such plans, they are all designed to incent employees to remain with their employer, and to perform to the employee’s highest capability while he is there. In order to meet these goals, such plans will often include a deferral of the benefit once it is earned, in order to create an incentive to remain with the employer.

bonus plan, bonuses, canadian employment law, consideration, constructive dismissal, Deferred compensation, employment contracts, employment law, executive compensation, future bonuses, grant of shares, HR Law, incentive, resignation, restrictive covenants, retention payments, salary, stock compensation plan, stock options, Supreme Court of Canada, termination, terminations, terms and conditions of employment, unenforceable restraint of trade, vesting

Unexpected risks of stock option plans

October 27, 2011 Earl Altman Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Wages and Compensation

Stock options and stock grants have become normal and expected elements of executive compensation in Canada. Stock options are generally granted to executive employees as a means of creating a common purpose or goal between senior employees and the company. The valuation of these options, and the employee’s entitlement to exercise them, has been an issue in many wrongful dismissal actions.

Corporations Act, employee shareholder, executive compensation, financial information, lawful termination, lump sum severance, oppression action, period of notice, securities act, severance, stock grants, stock option plan, stock options, termination, termination notice, vesting of stock options