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By Vey Willetts LLP | 3 Minutes Read July 15, 2022

Statute trumps sophistication when determining severance rights

In Ontario, employers are required to provide employees with reasonable advance notice of their dismissal (or payment in lieu thereof). This requirement applies unless the parties have agreed in writing for the employer to provide an alternate lawful entitlement. To qualify as an alternate lawful entitlement, the language must comply in all circumstances with the minimum requirements of the Employment Standards Act, 2000.

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By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 3 Minutes Read August 12, 2019

Form and substance: Mass termination and working notice requirements clarified by Ontario Court of Appeal

Employment standards statutes in each Canadian jurisdiction contain special provisions for minimum termination notice or pay in lieu thereof, which apply when a prescribed number of employees will be terminated within a particular timeframe.

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll / employment law, group termination notice requirement, Mass termination, pay in lieu, statutory termination notice, termination notice, Wood v CTS of Canada Co, working notice

By Stringer LLP | 4 Minutes Read August 8, 2014

Going global: Ontario Superior Court grants severance pay based on non-Ontario payroll

A recent French language decision from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice indicates that more employers could be subject to liability for an employee entitlement often relegated to the role of afterthought: severance pay.

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