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Does fresh consideration require an improvement for the contracting party?

Following the Waksdale decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal (which overnight made most ESA only contracts null and void) many employers have revised their contracts for existing employees by substituting enforceable ESA termination clauses.

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The future of bonus clauses

As employers know, the specific language of an employment contract has a significant impact on what is owed to an employee at the end of the employment relationship. Among the most important clauses in the employment contract are the termination clause, and language around an employee’s entitlement to receive their bonus after termination.

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Twenty-four months’ notice in the absence of exceptional circumstances

The law with respect to notice periods at common law seems pretty simple: the maximum is 24 months in the absence of “exceptional circumstances”.

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