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By Rudner Law, Employment / HR Law & Mediation | 3 Minutes Read October 2, 2015

Alleged breach of settlement agreement

It happens every now and then: the parties to a wrongful dismissal dispute agree to resolve their differences, typically with the employer agreeing to pay the employee a certain amount of compensation, and the employer subsequently learns that the employee is working for a competitor. Typically, they will react out of anger, immediately stopping all payments pursuant to the settlement. Can they do so?

Article by Rudner Law, Employment / HR Law & Mediation / Employee Relations, Payroll / amount of compensation, breach of settlement agreement, employee is working for a competitor, employment law, Mediation, non-competition covenant, restrictive covenant, settlement agreement, summary judgment, wrongful dismissal

By Occasional Contributors | 6 Minutes Read September 5, 2014

Is your mediation confidentiality clause watertight?

In Union Carbide Canada Inc. v. Bombardier Inc. [1], the Supreme Court of Canada struck a delicate balance between two key elements of mediation: settlement privilege and confidentiality.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting / alternative dispute resolution, confidentiality clause, consumer complaints, contractual exclusion, contractually displace the exception, disclosure of communications, evidence in any proceeding, freedom of contract, Mediation, out-of-court settlements, public policy, settlement agreement, settlement privilege, Supreme Court of Canada, to settle a dispute, Union Carbide Canada Inc. v. Bombardier Inc.

By Amery Boyer | < 1 Minutes Read May 7, 2013

Just Us Coffee Co-op – Balancing fair trade and worker rights

On Sunday, April 28, 2013, there was a demonstration outside the Just Us Coffee's office in Grand Pré to support two former employees of an outlet in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who claim that the fair trade company fired them for attempting to organize their co-workers.

Article by Amery Boyer / Employee Relations, Union Relations / attempting to organize employees, Balancing fair trade, Business, Canadian Union of Public Employees, employment relationship, grievance, HR issues, Just Us Coffee Co-op, Labour Law, Labour Relations Board, Mediation, Service Employees International Union, termination, unionization, worker rights, workers wanted to form a union

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