Employees owe their employer a duty of honesty. Dishonesty toward the employer has been described as a duty that is fundamentally incompatible with an employee’s continued employment, and it is on this basis that courts often find that employees who have breached their duty of honesty toward their employer can be terminated without notice or […]

In Ontario, when an employer decides to terminate an employee’s employment, the employer must, in the majority of cases, provide the employee with prior notice of termination or pay-in-lieu thereof. How much notice or pay-in-lieu of notice is necessary is a question that can only be answered with reference to the specific facts of each […]

“Severance Pay” and “Severance Package”The terms “severance pay” and “severance package” are often used interchangeably. In strict legal terms however, the two are not synonymous. “Severance pay” refers to certain pay mandated by statute in certain circumstances. A “severance package” can include “severance pay”, but not necessarily. In Ontario, the Employment Standards Act applies to all employees […]