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By Sultan Lawyers | 3 Minutes Read July 28, 2021

The impact of inducement on the reasonable notice period

Across Canada, employers are obligated to provide financial assistance to employees who have been dismissed from their employment in the form of reasonable notice, pay in lieu of notice, or some combination of both notice and pay in lieu.

Article by Sultan Lawyers / Employment Standards, Payroll / common law reasonable notice, employment contract, employment law, inducement, length of service, pay in lieu of notice, reasonable notice period, recruitment strategy Leave a Comment

By Vey Willetts LLP | 4 Minutes Read June 11, 2021

Wrongful dismissal actions and assessing length of service

In Ontario, employees are presumptively entitled to receive reasonable advance notice of their dismissal from employment, or payment in lieu thereof. To assess what will be “reasonable” in any given circumstance, the courts are guided by a seminal court case from 1960 – Bardal v. Globe & Mail Ltd.

Article by Vey Willetts LLP / Payroll / Bardal Factors, Bardal v. The Globe & Mail, Dismissal, employment law, length of service, notice period, Skowron v. ABC Technologies Inc., wrongful dismissal action Leave a Comment

By Barry B. Fisher LL.B. | < 1 Minutes Read July 2, 2020

29 month break in service ignored in assessing reasonable notice

In Hetherington v Sask Liquor & Gaming Authority (2020 SKQB 110), Mitchell J. had a situation where the plaintiff worked for 19 years for the Sask govt, then quit and worked for another employer for 29 months, then returned to the Sask govt and 10 years later was laid off at age 65.

Article by Barry B. Fisher LL.B. / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll / employment law, layoff, length of service, reasonable notice, termination

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