frustration of employment contract

When can LTD benefits frustrate an employment contract?

February 20, 2020 Devan Marr Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, 0

The decision of Roskaft v. RONA Inc., 2018 ONSC 2934, sheds some light on when an employer can successfully claim frustration of contract when an employee is in receipt of long-term disability benefits.

Disability benefits, Dismissal, duty to accommodate, employment contract, employment law, frustration of employment contract, Long-term disability, short-term disability

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

October 24, 2019 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Recruiting and Hiring, Training and Development, 0

The three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with working from home, frustration of contract and why employees leave companies in search of other employment.

employment law, frustration of contract, frustration of employment contract, termination, working from home

Q&A: Frustration of employment

September 20, 2019 Vey Willetts LLP Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, 0

Q&A is a recurring series on the Vey Willetts LLP blog. The aim is to provide quick answers to questions we commonly encounter in our day-to-day practice of employment law. In this edition, we focus on “frustration of employment.”

employment law, frustration of employment contract, Severance pay, statutory termination, statutory termination and severance pay, undue hardship

Avoiding pitfalls in long-term disability claims

May 17, 2019 Devan Marr Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, 0

Employers often provide their employees with access to long-term disability benefits through a group benefit plan. Group benefits are an attractive incentive for employees but can result in increased risk for the employer.

accommodation to the point of undue hardship, employment law, frustration of employment contract, long term disability claims, Terminating employment based on frustration of contract

Employer’s duty to accommodate an employee’s illness

July 20, 2010 Earl Altman Human Resources, Human Rights

I am often asked by HR Managers and other supervisory personnel how long an employee can be off work due to illness before he is deemed to have abandoned his position. Many HR people question whether they have to retain the opening indefinitely where there is no reliable prediction as to when an employee will return to work. The issue is important in that…

Disability, duty to accommodate, Employee illness, employee return to work, Employer duty to accommodate, employment standards, frustration of employment contract, human rights, Job abandonment, Return to work, termination, undue hardship, wrongful dismissal