Employment Law Show: Ontario – S10 E124

Episode Summary

Are employment contracts always enforceable? What are short-service employees owed? Employment Lawyer Alex Lucifero, a managing partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, answers those questions and more on the Employment Law Show. 

LISTEN BELOW to Ontario’s premiere radio show about employment law and workplace rights featuring the province’s leading employment lawyers. You can hear the show live on Mondays to Thursdays at 640 Toronto and 980 CFPL in London at 6:30 p.m. ET, as the hosts take calls from listeners and provide vital answers to employees and employers. 

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Show Notes

• An employee is terminated after a short amount of time: In many cases, short-service employees are owed comparatively more severance pay than longer-service employees. Severance pay is determined by a number of factors, including the age of an employee, the position as well as the years of service. Employment contracts can contain termination clauses that limit an employee’s severance to minimum entitlements. Many employment contracts are not enforceable and employees should speak to an employment lawyer before agreeing to a severance package.
• Employees’ rights if federally regulated: Employees that are federally regulated are still owed severance pay upon termination. Most employees are provincially regulated and many federally regulated employees mistakenly believe that they are owed less severance or none at all.
• Language changing in an employment contract: Employers need to do their due diligence and ensure that every year their employment contracts for all employees remain enforceable. In many cases, employers should maintain a relationship with an employment lawyer in order to continue to receive valuable legal advice.

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