Hiring and Contracts Archives

Employers: Double-check Your Termination Clauses

July 6, 2020
Stuart Rudner and Ayesha Adamjee

If you thought the termination clauses in your employment contracts were air-tight, think again. The unsettled field of employment law strikes again in the Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Waksdale v Swegon North America Inc.

Will Economic Conditions under COVID-19 Affect Reasonable Notice Periods?

June 23, 2020
Stuart Rudner and Ayesha Adamjee

Can an employer offer a reduced severance package when they are in dire financial straits? What if it is the result of a global pandemic and its economic aftermath?

COVID-19 Pandemic: Information for Dentists and Dental Practices

March 20, 2020
Brittany Taylor

The purpose of this post is to try to address some of the main questions and concerns you may have as an employer in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rule of Thumb for Notice Upon Termination? Don’t Count On It

October 27, 2019
Nadia Zaman

If you are an employer or an employee, you have probably heard that the general rule of thumb when it comes to entitlement to notice upon termination is one month per year of service. Is that really true? What does the law have to say?

October 25, 2019
Stuart Rudner

Our human rights legislation is very clear: you cannot discriminate on the basis of citizenship or country of origin, so you should never have a field on your application form that asks where they're from, you should never be asking whether they are Canadian citizens, and you should never ask that in the hiring process at all.

When does hiring the “right person” for the job lead to potential discrimination?

August 12, 2019
Stuart Rudner

When companies overlook an over-qualified visible minority for one that’s the “right fit", it can lead to potential discrimination.

Employee’s Length of Service Not Interrupted by Creative Use of “New” Corporate Structures

July 3, 2019
Brittany Taylor

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently released a decision confirming that courts will not be fooled by different corporate structures when an employee has, in reality, been employed with the same employer for years.

Not Every Breach of Contract is Cause for Dismissal

April 25, 2019
Stuart Rudner and Anique Dublin

Not every breach of an employment contract permits an employer to terminate the contract and dismiss the employee without notice. That is particularly true where the breach relates, effectively, to performance.

March 11, 2019
Rudner Law

It’s now 2019, and while Me Too is part of our vocabulary now, you may not hear it every day. But that doesn’t mean that it isn’t still making news.

Thanks But No Thanks: Can Employees of the Vendor Company Reject an Offer of Employment from a Purchaser?

October 1, 2018
Brittany Taylor

There is a reason that corporate lawyers often ask for input from their employment law colleagues when a business is in the process of being sold. The issue of what happens to employees upon the sale of a company can be highly complex and depends on the nature of the sale.

Employers: Double-check Your Termination Clauses

Will Economic Conditions under COVID-19 Affect Reasonable Notice Periods?

COVID-19 Pandemic: Information for Dentists and Dental Practices

Rule of Thumb for Notice Upon Termination? Don’t Count On It

The Hiring Process and Citizenship

When does hiring the “right person” for the job lead to potential discrimination?

Employee’s Length of Service Not Interrupted by Creative Use of “New” Corporate Structures

Not Every Breach of Contract is Cause for Dismissal

Hollywood in the Aftermath of the #MeToo Movement

Thanks But No Thanks: Can Employees of the Vendor Company Reject an Offer of Employment from a Purchaser?

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