Notice

Wrongful dismissal does not mean what you think it means. ❌ Wrongful dismissal does not mean that an employee was wrong to fire someone.  ✅ Wrongful dismissal means an employee was not provided with enough reasonable notice of their termination when they were fired. In other words, wrongful dismissal is when an employee was not …

There is no such thing as ‘at will employment’ in Canada. The concept of ‘at will’ employment simply doesn’t exist here. In Canada, under the common law, absent just cause for dismissal, employees are per se hired for an indefinite term and they are thus entitled to reasonable notice of termination or pay in lieu. …

Severance pay works by the employer providing you pay in lieu of it having to give you advanced “notice” that your employment will be terminated. For example, let’s say your employer has to give you six months’ notice. Severance pay is just a cheque for six months pay instead of you being told you will …

Construction employees are not entitled to termination or severance pay under the Employment Standards Act (the “Act”). Section 1 of Ontario Regulation 288/01 of the Act explicitly exempts them from such minimum employment standards. However, a long term construction employee may still be entitled to common law reasonable notice, which is much more lucrative than what …