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If you are an executive or senior-level employee nearing the end of your employment, you’ll want to carefully plan your next moves to ensure you have an exit plan that works in your favour. Because of the complexity of executive compensation, senior executives may be shortchanged when offered termination or severance packages. Stock options, restricted …

3 Key Considerations For Executive Compensation and Severance (Updated Nov 23 2020) Read More »

Virtual mediations are here to stay, at least for the foreseeable future. Undoubtedly, there are benefits to virtual mediation, such as the comfort of home, cutting out travel as well as room fees, and ease of scheduling. Luckily for lawyers and clients alike, virtual mediations are not all that different from those conducted in person. …

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Minimum wage is increasing across all provinces and territories across Canada starting October 1st, 2020. In Ontario, the general minimum wage will rise from $14.00 to $14.25 per hour, which marks our first minimum wage increase since January 2018. Minimum wage is the lowest wage an employer can pay an employee. The upcoming increase is …

Ontario Minimum Wage Is Increasing October 1, 2020 Read More »

The Canadian Government has been continuously taking significant and decisive action to support Canadians and protect their employment during COVID-19. First, they introduced the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) along with many other financial support programs on March 15, 2020.  Now that the Canadian economy is beginning to restart, the Federal Government has introduced a …

New Increased Access to EI and Additional Recovery Benefits for Canadians (Effective September 27, 2020) Read More »

Federally regulated employees who face unjust dismissal may be able to seek reinstatement of their employment after termination. This remedy is unique to federally regulated employees and can be a valuable option for employees looking to fight unfair termination and get their careers back on track. In a recent case against BMO, Monkhouse Law obtained …

Monkhouse Law Successful in Reinstating Bank Employee at BMO After Unjust Dismissal Read More »

Updated July 8, 2021 On July 24, 2020, the Ontario Government ended the declaration of emergency to the COVID-19 pandemic. For employees and employers, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ontario government made a regulation that changed certain Employment Standards Act (ESA) rules during the “COVID-19 period”.  The government extended the COVID period to September 25, …

Ontario’s Declaration of Emergency Ends and ESA Changes: What This Means For Employees (After September 25, 2021) Read More »

Toronto and Peel Region moved to Stage 3 of Ontario’s reopening plan today, July 31, 2020. Stage 3 aims to get employees back to their physical work location to begin the path to economic recovery. Read on to learn more about what to do if you have concerns about going back into work and what …

Toronto Stage 3 Reopening: Information for Employees Read More »

Employment contracts for executives are more challenging. It seems that the more senior a position, the more complex a compensation plan is.  Understanding exactly what your compensation entitles you to, as well as what the industry standards are, can equip you to enter — and later exit — the company as smoothly as possible.  Executive …

Executive Employment Contracts: 6 Key Areas To Negotiate Read More »

For many executive employees, stock awards are a very important part of their compensation. Stock compensation is used for retention: to decrease turnover and maintain long-term commitment from employees. Despite this, what happens to stocks after employment is terminated? This is a matter of contention as employers often seek to deprive employees of their stocks …

Monkhouse Law Successful in Obtaining Unvested Stocks for Terminated Microsoft Employee Read More »

The loss of your job is devastating. If you are facing wrongful dismissal in Ontario, you might be wondering exactly what your rights are as an employee. Is your employer legally allowed to fire you? How much severance pay are you entitled to, if any? Have you been the victim of discrimination? Can you start …

Wrongful Dismissal in Ontario: Have You Been Wrongfully Dismissed? Read More »