An employee faces a constructive dismissal when the employer imposes a fundamental change to the employee’s job. Minor changes will not be found by a Court to be a constructive dismissal as an employer can legally alter the duties and responsibilities of an employee if the imposed changes do not strike at the heart of…
Most employees are aware that they are owed termination pay when they are fired. What many employees and even some employers don’t know is that if certain circumstances exist, statutory severance pay is also owed. To simplify things and to provide a general overview of severance payments, an employee will receive approximately 1 week of…
If you have recently been terminated by your employer and you were given a termination letter and a release to sign, read the documents carefully. Your employer’s intention is to get you to sign a release that shields them from any legally viable claim. Don’t be fooled into signing the release. Don’t allow your employer…
Have you recently been fired? Being fired from your job can be a challenge along with being very stressful. During these difficult times you need to be aware of your financial entitlements to ensure that your former employer is not getting one over on you. All recently fired employees should speak with an employment lawyer…
It is a clear violation of the Ontario Human Rights Code to dismiss an employee based upon any of the prohibited grounds of discrimination set out in the Code. The following prohibited grounds are outlined in the Code: race and colour, ancestry, place of origin, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, record of…