Do You Have Just Cause?

Why do employers invoke just cause as a defense to a wrongful dismissal action? Sometimes the employee’s behaviour is so egregious that the employer feels that it has no choice. In other instances, employers know that their case is weak but they want to set an example for other staff. Finally, for some employers, this […]

Why Employment Agreements?

Strategies to curb soaring severance costs have become even more pressing. Recent court decisions have removed the traditional ceiling of 24 months’ of notice. Other judgments have diminished the importance of the traditional factors such as character of employment as significantly affecting the amount of notice. The effect is that even administrative employees with long […]