With the Covid-19 pandemic dragging on, employers have to resort to restructuring and downsizing their business operations to stay afloat in this harsh economic weather. Thus, a large number of employees are terminated and have to look for new employment. In this way,...
In the recent decision of Czerniawski v. Corma Inc., 2021 ONSC 1514, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that a long-term employee’s one-time misconduct without any prior progressive discipline did not justify dismissal without notice. The Court reaffirmed...
In a recent decision of Nahum v. Honeycomb Hospitality Inc., 2021 ONSC 1455, the Ontario Superior Court ruled that pregnancy at the time of dismissal is an important factor in calculating the length of reasonable notice period and awarded five (5) months’ notice to...
In the decision of Battiston v. Microsoft Canada Inc., 2020 ONSC 4286, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that the termination provisions in the Stock Award Agreement were unenforceable because the employer failed to draw these provisions to the employee’s...
In 2020, the Ontario Court of Appeal held in Waksdale v Swegon North America Inc., 2020 ONCA 391 that if anywhere in the termination provision of an employment contract fails to abide by the minimum standards set out the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA), the...
