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If “Only” the Termination Clause was Valid: Ontario Superior Court finds termination clause violates the ESA due to its use of “and/or” and “only”

A recent case Quesnelle v. Camus Hydronics Ltd. (2022) ONSC 6156 demonstrates the importance of carefully and properly drafting an employment contr...

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By Jacob Love

Court Finds Termination Clause Unenforceable Due To “Just Cause” Provision

In Tan v. Stostac Inc., 2023 ONSC 2121, the Court found that the termination clause contained in the employment agreement was unenforceable and the...

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Silence Does Not Speak Louder than Words says Ontario Court of Appeal - Silence in the Face of a Temporary Layoff Does Not Equal Condonation

Recently the Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”) determined that an employee’s silence does not equal a condonation to a temporary l...

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Time for a Change in your Employment Contracts? What we can learn from the Ontario Court of Appeal’s recent decision on the “Changed Substratum” doctrine

Even when a case is generally not favourable to employers, it can serve as an important reminder to companies to review and update their employment...

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By Mike MacLellan

Ontario Court Upholds Dismissal where Employee Refused to Comply with Third Party Vaccine Mandate

We have been blogging a lot about how COVID-19 vaccine mandates have impacted workplace law, and now we can add one more context to our catalogue.&...

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