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By SpringLaw | 3 Minutes Read August 9, 2023

Getting your ducks in a row: Warnings before a just cause dismissal 

notice periodA common question we regularly field from employers during consultations for terminations is whether the employee has behaved badly enough to warrant a dismissal for cause and whether they really need to provide the employee with a termination package.

Article by SpringLaw / Business, Employment Standards, Payroll / dismissal for cause, employee misconduct, employment law, just cause, just cause dismissal, Just cause termination, poor performance, reasonable notice period, termination, Termination process, wrongful dismissal Leave a Comment

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 2 Minutes Read December 24, 2019

Top 10 most-read First Reference Talks blog posts for 2019

This year on the First Reference Talks blog, we’ve been covering some of the hot topics in employment and labour law and employee management. Making the list this year are blog posts on the topic of termination (again), on breaching confidentiality, privacy and the duty to accommodate among others.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Payroll, Privacy / breach of confidentiality, Discretionary bonus, Dismissal, employment contracts, employment law, pay reduction, planned layoffs, poor performance, progressive discipline, Severance pay

By Barry B. Fisher LL.B. | 2 Minutes Read October 21, 2019

Progressive discipline leads to termination for cause for poor performance

notice periodI sometimes hear lawyers tell the clients that upholding just cause for poor performance is almost impossible. Not so if the employer does it right.

Article by Barry B. Fisher LL.B. / Employee Relations, Payroll / employment law, just cause dismissal, poor performance, progressive discipline process, termination for poor performance, termination with cause

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