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Written by: Arjun Dhir It is time to say goodbye to the 24-month upper limit on common law notice periods. The writing has been on the wall since 2015, as we have seen notice awards slowly [...]

By: AdvocateDaily.com Staff for AdvocateDaily.com People collecting a severance after being let go from a company have to be sure they are fulfilling their duty to mitigate damages, even if they [...]

1.  Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act (“Bill 148”) Came into Effect 2018 started off with a bang as the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act (“Bill 148”) came into effect on [...]

Written by: Arjun Dhir In the past month, the Ontario Superior Court and Ontario Court of Appeal have released two decisions that have continued the recent trend of overturning termination [...]

Consider you have a disgruntled employee working for you and you suspect he wants to quit.  However, you are also prepared to terminate him.  One day, the employee verbally mentions to you that [...]

By: Miriam Anbar for AdvocateDaily.com | Employers need to demonstrate good faith during probation periods when they’re assessing whether a relationship with a new employee is going to work out, [...]

  There has been a lot of buzz recently about Nintendo’s decision to terminate its employee Alison Rapp.  Rapp was a product manager for Nintendo who held spokesperson status and regularly [...]

In our current digital age there is an increasing blur between personal and work life. As a result of the internet and social media, an employee’s off-duty behaviour is increasingly visible to [...]

On his hit television show The Apprentice, business mogul Donald Trump turned the words “you’re fired” into a novelty catch phrase.  In reality though, these are likely the two most difficult [...]