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By Devry Smith Frank LLP | 2 Minutes Read March 25, 2020

The Canada Labour Code & employer releases

Many arbitration decisions have held that it is illegal for the employer to require the employee to sign a release waiving their rights under the Canada Labour Code as a term of a settlement offered at the time of termination.

Article by Devry Smith Frank LLP / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll / Canada labour Code, employer releases, employment law, Labour Law, release, releases for dismissed employees

By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 2 Minutes Read January 6, 2017

A classic lesson regarding termination meetings

A recent case out of British Columbia provides a timely reminder of a best practice for Alberta employers when it comes to termination of an employee. In Saliken v Alpine Aerotech Limited Partnership, 2016 BCSC 832, a relatively short service employee was dismissed, allegedly for just cause.

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll, Union Relations / employment law, release, Saliken v Alpine Aerotech Limited Partnership, termination, termination date, termination documents, termination meeting

By Alison J. Bird | 2 Minutes Read November 10, 2014

Releases may not protect employers from the tenured employee rule

In Nova Scotia, employees with ten years of service are provided with special protections under the Labour Standards Code. Section 71 of the Code provides that, subject to certain exceptions, an employer can only dismiss an employee with ten years of service or more for just cause. This is called the tenured employee rule.

Article by Alison J. Bird / Employee Relations, Employment Standards / Director of Labour Standards, dismissing an employee, employment law, Employment release, just cause, Labour Standards complaint, Nova Scotia Labour Standards Code, pay in lieu of notice, reinstatement, release, tenured employee rule, termination, termination notice

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