When Are Employees Entitled to Bonus Payments After Being Dismissed?
The Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”) recently provided further guidance on the enforceability of termination clauses and wrongfully dismissed employees’ entitlement to damages for the lost opportunity to earn a bonus during the reasonable notice period in Andros v Colliers Macaulay Nicolls Inc. [Andros]. Our blog this week discusses the bonus-entitlement aspects of the Andros […]
Can an Employer Rely on the Findings of a Criminal Trial in a Civil Action against one of its Employees? It depends!
When an employee is convicted of a criminal offence, employers can be left wondering what to do.
Just Cause Is a High Threshold – But Certain Conduct Will Clearly Amount to Cause for Dismissal
A recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal, Dunsmuir v Royal Group Inc. [Dunsmuir], provides an example of the level of employee misconduct
No Need to Get Frustrated: New Developments on the Doctrine of Frustration
In two 2018 decisions, Canadian courts considered the boundaries of the doctrine of frustration.