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Sultan Lawyers on Employment Contracts and Severance Pay, Pt. 3

In this final part of our three-part series on employment contracts and severance pay, we address employee entitlements when an employee does not have an employment contract or when the…

Unravelling the Mystery of Damages & Compensation Available to Employees

Thousands of employees across Canada each year experience unfair treatment and/or inappropriate behaviour by their employers.  This can take a wide range of forms, from unpaid wages, unilateral cuts to…

Sultan Lawyers on Employment Contracts & Severance Pay, Pt. 2

In this second part of our three-part series on employment contracts and severance pay, we are addressing various aspects of employment contracts which we believe are worth negotiating. Part two…

Sultan Lawyers on Employment Contracts & Severance Pay, Pt. 1

In part one of our three-part series on employment contracts and severance pay, we’ll be highlighting the top four considerations both employers and employees should think about before they enter…

Are you a Foreign Worker Who Has Been Terminated? What You Need to Know

Temporary foreign workers are not immune to being terminated from their employment in the time of COVID-19. Below we discuss some key considerations if you are a temporary foreign worker…

3 Things to Know About Ontario’s Infectious Disease Emergency Leave

On May 29, 2020, the Ontario government published O. Reg 228/20: Infectious Diseases Emergency Leave (the “Regulation”), a regulation under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the “ESA”). The changes under…

I Claimed Constructive Dismissal During COVID-19: Now What?

We have written this blog specifically because many employees have been facing a difficult dilemma in the COVID-19 era. Specifically, should employees accept significant changes to their employment, such as…

Life After Layoffs Pt. 3: 5 Things Employees Should Know Upon Returning to Work

This post is the final part of a three-part series on employment after layoffs due to COVID-19. See part one here, and part two here. As the province continues its…

COVID-19: When a Layoff Becomes a Termination

With a myriad of layoff notices having been issued in March, we expect that a significant number of workers will be soon be recalled to their previous roles. We do…