When Are Employees Entitled to Bonus Payments After Being Dismissed?
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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!
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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”3445″ img_size=”large”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] 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
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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”3445″ img_size=”large”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]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
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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”3532″ img_size=”large”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]In two 2018 decisions, Canadian courts considered the boundaries of the doctrine of frustration.