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The Court of Appeal has again ruled on the issue of terms in employment contracts which purport to limit an employee to minimum notice under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”) upon termination. In North v. Metaswitch, the Court of Appeal held that it is improper to use a severability clauses to remove portions of

Does an employer’s failure to pay a $300,000 bonus constitute constructive dismissal? Not according to Chapman v. GPM Investment Management, a recent decision from the Ontario Court of Appeal.  Although there was no doubt that the employer had breached the employment contract by failing to pay the bonus, this conduct did not substantially alter an

On February 9, 2017 the British Columbia Supreme Court released its decision in Ram v Michael Lacombe Group Inc., which made national headlines due to egregious facts and the quantum of damages awarded to a low-level employee. The Employee worked as a cook at Burger King for over 24 years when she was terminated without

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently concluded that an employer’s imposition of a layoff in the absence of a contractual clause permitting a layoff can be treated as a repudiation of a fundamental term of the employment contract even in circumstances where an identifiable recall date is provided at the time of the layoff.