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By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 2 Minutes Read April 27, 2012

Employer paid no notice or severance when it terminated employee of 36 years without cause

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice just decided that an employer terminated a 65-year-old long-term employee without the proper amount of notice or severance. As a result, the employer had to pay hefty damages, interest and costs award

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Employment Standards / Age at termination, damages, employment law, long-term employee, mitigation, notice period, reasonable notice, reasonable termination notice, statutory obligations, statutory requirements, Statutory severance, supervisor, termination, termination notice, termination without cause, wrongful dismissal, years of service

By Matt Lalande, Lalande & Company Lawyers | 7 Minutes Read December 12, 2011

The sale of a business and some implications for employers and employees

Last month I was consulted by a woman with respect to a new employment agreement that she wanted reviewed. The employment opportunity presented to her was by a company that had purchased the software company she was currently employed with for the past 19 years. Her salary remained the same, as did the total of her bonus, although the bonus structure was altered to reflect seemingly unattainable goals. While the new bonus structure did in fact reflect the purchasing company’s exact bonus structure with all of its existing employees, this arrangement was originally her main concern.

Article by Matt Lalande, Lalande & Company Lawyers / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll / canadian employment law, common law, common law obligations, company takeovers, employment law, employment standards act, ESA, ESA obligations, Nokes vs. Doncaster, novation, sale of a business, seniority, Sorel vs. Tomenson Whitehead, successor employer, termination, terminations, transitional contract, wrongful dismissal, years of service

By Earl Altman | 3 Minutes Read June 8, 2011

Summertime, when everybody wants vacation

Under the provisions of the Ontario Employment Standards Act, every employee is entitled to a minimum of two weeks vacation after twelve consecutive months of employment. Of course, this is subject to...

Article by Earl Altman / Employment Standards / allocation of vacation time, and overtime pay, commissions, company policy, employment law, employment standards act, exemption, four percent of gross wages, greater vacation entitlement, how much vacation an employee is entitled to, percentage of gross wages, salary, scheduling vacation, terminated without cause, termination, twelve consecutive months of employment, two weeks vacation, vacation, vacation entitlement, vacation pay, what is included in gross wages, years of service

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