What is a resignation letter? A resignation letter is a written notice to your employer that you are planning to leave your job on a specified date. Resignation letters are a form of professional courtesy so that your soon-to-be former employer has an opportunity to find a replacement. A formal resignation letter may also be …
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In order of appearance, from newest to oldest, here are the employment law cases that shaped Ontario and to some extent every jurisdiction in Canada in the 2010s: Amberber v. IBM Canada Ltd., 2018 ONCA 571: Here, the Ontario Court of Appeal provided some clarity on the enforceability of termination clauses especially in regard to …
Constructive dismissal permits an employee to stop working and demand termination pay (i.e. severance pay) or failing that sue for wrongful dismissal even though their employment was never terminated. In other words, a constructive dismissal gives an employee the right to quit their job and get a severance and employment insurance (EI). Normally an employee is not …
Employees can take back a resignation in Ontario An employee can take back a resignation so long as the employer has not taken steps to rely upon the resignation. Writing for the Ontario Court of Appeal in Kieran (2004),[1] Justice Lang stated [at para. 34] that, where an employee has resigned, he may resile from …