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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

An employee’s refusal to get vaccinated constituted frustration of contract in Croke v VuPoint System Ltd.

A recent decision from British Columbia reminds us that even the most bulletproof termination clauses can be rendered unenforceable when the termination is implemented wrongly.

A recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal examined the intersection of two areas of employment law: termination clauses and fixed-term contracts.