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By Vey Willetts LLP | 3 Minutes Read April 11, 2022

How exceptional – severance and long notice periods

It is a well-established principle of Ontario employment law that, barring exceptional circumstances, the maximum severance period an employee can expect to receive upon dismissal tops out at 24 months. Ontario’s Court of Appeal has reaffirmed this point time and again.

Article by Vey Willetts LLP / Employment Standards, Payroll / Dismissal, employment law, notice period, older long service employees, severance, termination Leave a Comment

By Barry B. Fisher LL.B. | 2 Minutes Read February 14, 2022

Retraining costs allowed even though plaintiff did not get a new job within the notice period

In Cordeau-Chatelain v Total E&P Canada Ltd (2021 ABQB 794) Justice Price has a situation where an employee who was awarded 18 months notice had reasonably retrained herself in a new career at a cost of about $18,000.

Article by Barry B. Fisher LL.B. / Business, Employment Standards, Payroll / breach of contract, damages, damages for breach of contract, employment law, notice period, retraining, termination Leave a Comment

By Barry B. Fisher LL.B. | < 1 Minutes Read January 17, 2022

61 year old finance manager with 9 months service gets 2 months’ notice

In Flack v Whiteoak Ford Lincoln Sales, (20121 ONSC 7176) Justice Dunphy gives a very thorough analysis of how to weigh the various Bardal Factors of age, length of service, character of employment and COVID in relation to this short service employee.

Article by Barry B. Fisher LL.B. / Payroll / Bardal Factors, employment law, notice period, termination Leave a Comment

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