Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request The Duty to Accommodate The duty accommodate is the duty to ensure that every individual is provided equal opportunity without discrimination based on the enumerated grounds listed in the Ontario Human Rights Code and Canadian Human Rights Act.  These.

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request Restrictive covenants, also referred to as restraint of trade clauses, are terms in an employment contract which seek to limit an employee’s ability to freely work and earn income from other sources other than the company during and after.

Toronto Employment Lawyer, Andrew Monkhouse, talks about the relationship between Employment Insurance and wrongful dismissal. How do Employment Insurance (EI) and Wrongful dismissal interact? For more information regarding this topic, click the link above to watch a very informative video.

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request Employees who take leave under the ESA have considerable rights and protections. Part XIV of the Employment Standards Act (“ESA”) provides for ten types of statutory leave: 1. Pregnancy Leave 2. Parental Leave 3. Family Medical Leave 4. Organ.

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request Employees are often placed on a suspension from their workplace, whether paid or unpaid, and are unaware of their rights during this time frame.  Is the employer allowed to do this?  Should I be getting paid?  Is this even.

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request In many terminations without cause, employees are offered some payment in lieu of termination notice by their employers. Often, the amount initially offered is an employee’s minimum statutory entitlements. In some cases, an employer offers additional amounts – an.

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request    The question of whether an employer has violated either a potential, current or past employee’s human rights is an often litigated one. The courts have continuously examined the protected grounds and circumstances that make rise to this complex.

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request Does a limitation period commence at the time notice of termination is given? Or on an employee’s last day of work? Limitation periods on the commencement of civil actions are governed by statue. In the province of Ontario, the.

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request If you have been fired in Ontario, the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”) requires an employer to continue an employee’s wages and terms of employment including benefit contributions until the end of the notice period. Most often, employers mention.

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request   In most cases, parties that enter into a contract agree on a specific set of written terms, which tend to indicate the importance of these terms to the parties.  However, the written terms of a contract are not.