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Another Warning to Employers About Contractual Termination Provisions

Employment agreements often contain provisions about what should happen when an employee is terminated. We have previously reported on the issues employers face… Read More

Two Grosman Gale Fletcher Hopkins LLP Partners Named to 2023 Best Lawyers™ List

Grosman Gale Fletcher Hopkins LLP is pleased to announce that two of its lawyers, William R. Gale and R. Mark Fletcher, have been… Read More

Employee’s Failure to Mitigate Damages Partially Offsets Aggravated and Punitive Damages

Poor conduct tends to result in poor outcomes for those that think they are above the rules, and employment law is no different. Courts… Read More

Ontario Releases Guidance On Electronic Monitoring Policies

We previously reported on the introduction of a requirement for certain larger employers to have a written policy with respect to… Read More

Mandatory Arbitration Clauses – Life After Uber

Employment agreements sometimes contain mandatory arbitration clauses, which attempt to force the parties to resolve disputes through arbitration as opposed to proceeding by… Read More

Employer’s Denial of Vaccine Exemption based on Creed deemed Discriminatory

Conflicts between unionized workers are generally resolved through the grievance and arbitration process outlined in their collective agreements. The discipline or… Read More

Does a business sale interrupt the length of service for the purpose of calculating notice periods?

Termination without cause occurs when an employer does not assert that it has a legal justification for terminating the individual’s employment without notice or compensation… Read More

Court Upholds Teachers’ Right to Privacy in Wake of Principal’s Search and Seizure

In a unionized workplace, disputes that arise between the parties are generally resolved through the grievance process set out in the collective agreement. Read More

Are the termination provisions of an employment agreement enforceable?

Employment agreements often contain provisions about what should happen when an employee is terminated. For example, an agreement may seek to remove an… Read More