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By SpringLaw | 3 Minutes Read February 10, 2016

Sacking your co-founder

For true entrepreneurs, there is nothing more exhilarating and satisfying than launching your own baby into the economy, nurturing it, and watching it flourish with co-founders, friends, employees and supporters along the way. Satisfying, that is, until your co-founder starts to slack, develop a different vision, or simply become an energy suck that is destroying the business.  Once the honeymoon start-up phase is over, founders either thrive in the get-down-to-business phase, or get itchy for the next creative start up adventure.  Here are some big-picture tips for handling the post-honeymoon phase.

Article by SpringLaw / Employee Relations, Employment Standards / Business, business venture, co-founder, contracts, creative start up adventure, employment agreements, employment standards act, entrepreneur, Partnership agreements, progressive discipline, shareholder agreements, strong communication skills

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 3 Minutes Read July 31, 2015

Even long-term employees with a clean record can be handed a lengthy suspension when it is warranted

A recent Ontario Grievance Settlement Board case highlights the point that, even where employees are long-term and have a clean service record, they can still be subject to serious discipline if the circumstances are right.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Employee Relations, Payroll, Union Relations / call centre, clean disciplinary record, clean discipline record, dicipline, Disciplinary measures, employment law, grievance, inappropriate call handling, Labour Law, lengthy suspension, long-term employees, misconduct, Ontario Grievance Settlement Board, progressive discipline, suspension, termination, union

By Adam Gorley | 4 Minutes Read March 31, 2015

Terminated casino dealer twice lucky in court

Mike Majewski's profane outburst at his co-worker John Maracle was not sufficient cause for termination on its own or as a cumulative event, Ontario's Small Claims Court recently decided—for the second time.

Article by Adam Gorley / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll / cumulative just cause, Disciplinary measures, employee has engaged in misconduct, employee’s use of profanity, employer's policy manual, employment law, employment relationship, last-straw incident, performance evaluations, profanity, progressive discipline, terminations, workplace policies, wrongful dismissal

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