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You don’t get two kicks on the same facts says the HRTO

In Almseideen v. McKesson Canada, 2023 HRTO 255, Adjudicator Cherniak had a situation where an applicant had filed a HRTO complaint claiming that he was terminated in breach of the Code and also filed a civil wrongful dismissal action which claimed wrongful dismissal damages due to the the failure to receive proper notice.

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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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All reasonable precautions

How far does an employer have to go in order to meet its statutory duty to provide a healthy and safe workplace? What can you do when a former employee insists on returning to the workplace and causing trouble? In General Motors of Canada Company v. Osita-Adubasim, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (“ONSCJ”) found that in the right circumstances, an employer could obtain an injunction to ban them from the workplace.

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