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While seasons matter in employment law, good contracts are evergreen. This is true even for seemingly temporary seasonal employees.

Employers of all stripes make similar mistakes by assuming that because the ESA requires no notice for employees with less than three months of service, they are “probationary” employees and thus have no obligations towards them.

In the recent decision, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice provided another reminder that saving provisions in an employment agreement will not save a termination provision which violates, or has the potential to violate, the requirements of the Employment Standards Act, 2000.

While dismissals are virtually never mutual, using an exit package allows the employer and the employee to part ways amicably and mutually.

In a recent decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a 2023 decision of the Superior Court of Justice which found that an employment relationship had become frustrated as a result of an employee’s refusal to comply with a mandatory vaccination policy.

With regards to company cars, a good contract would clearly set out each parties’ respective rights and obligations in relation to the car, and what happens once the employment relationship ends.

Workplace trends and concepts circulating TikTok can have potentially dangerous consequences for the employer and employment relationship.

A recent decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario could have significant implications on the legal requirement for fresh consideration in employment contracts.

A dependent contractor typically has a higher degree of autonomy and financial risk than an employee but is economically dependent on the employer as their source of a substantial majority of their income.

At law, a resignation is not effective unless the employee’s intentions are “clear and unequivocal”, and the employer has accepted the employee’s resignation. While this appears simple, in practice this rule has been expanded