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reasonable notice of termination

By Rudner Law, Employment / HR Law & Mediation | 5 Minutes Read October 6, 2017

The fork in the road: after-acquired cause for dismissal

In Canada, employers can dismiss employees in one of two ways: with cause or without cause. If an employer dismisses an employee without cause, and then later discovers that they had been stealing from the company for years, can they now allege just cause for dismissal?

Article by Rudner Law, Employment / HR Law & Mediation / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll / after acquired cause, bad faith litigation tactics, contract of employment, dismissal with cause, dismissal without cause, employee’s post-repudiation breach, employment law, just cause defence, just cause for dismissal, principle of repudiation, reasonable notice of termination, repudiation of the employment contract, severance package, termination

By Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm | 3 Minutes Read March 14, 2017

Probationary period clause gets employer into hot water

Including a probationary period clause in an employment contract is not a good idea unless your organization is prepared to assess the suitability of the employee during the probationary period. Failure to do so can result in your organization being ordered to provide a probationary employee with common law reasonable notice of termination. This blog discusses one such case.

Article by Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll / employment contract, employment law, Ly v. British Columbia (Interior Health Authority), Notice of termination, offer of employment, probation, probationary clause, probationary employee, probationary employee assessment, probationary employee suitability, probationary period, probationary period clause, reasonable notice of termination, termination pay

By De Bousquet PC Barristers and Solicitors | 2 Minutes Read December 15, 2016

Employees must give reasonable notice before quitting

While we often help employees who did not receive reasonable notice of termination from their employer, it is often forgotten that employees also owe a similar duty to provide notice to the employer before resigning. This common law duty was the subject of the recent case of Consbec Inc. v Walker. In this case, the BC Court of Appeal reaffirmed the existence of the duty owed by employees to the employer.

Article by De Bousquet PC Barristers and Solicitors / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll, Union Relations / employee quits, employee resigns, employment law, reasonable notice, reasonable notice of termination, wrongful quitting

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