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Employment Law

Should your severance or reasonable notice be reduced because you got another job?

Employment Law, Wrongful Dismissal / By / August 12, 2013

This is a question that I often get asked in severance package review meetings. The answer is that your statutory severance (under the employment standards act) will never be reduced if you are terminated without cause but your common law reasonable notice maybe can be. Numerous contracts of termination include a so-called “balloon clause” which …

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What are SOME grounds for just cause dismissal?

Cause for Termination, Employment Law / By / July 25, 2013

Some basics on just cause termination – you may have been terminated inappropriately. Disputing just cause termination issues are some of my favorite cases to advance for terminated employees. Out of the absolute infinite possibilities I often counsel clients on just cause termination issues such as: insubordination; conflict of interest; incompetence; absenteeism and lateness; dishonesty; misconduct; …

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Does your length of service affect your severance?

Employment Law / By / June 28, 2013

Severance and your length of service. Does it matter? Do lawyers and human resource professionals take into account your length of service when calculating your severance? The short answer is yes. When calculating what an appropriate “severance” amount will be we  take a look at certain relevant factors. Once these relevant factors have been properly …

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