We are regularly asked for comments on employment issues of the day, and regarding high-profile cases we are involved with.
Below are posts, media appearance and other employment law updates from Swann Law.
A Small Claims Court judge found the termination provision in an employee’s contract to be void for limiting benefits continuation, which violated Ontario’s Employment Standards Act.
According to Justice Charles Hackland’s decision, the 51-year-old Software Executive left a secure position with a prior employer to take the Executive Sales role at the defendant employer, only to be fired 10 months later.
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld an award of $1.8 million in damages for a former financial executive, despite rejecting his claim for constructive dismissal.
As DEI roles face cutbacks, the challenge grows. On this International Women’s Day, let’s commit to real change — because progress can’t wait another century.
An Ontario Superior Court judge has awarded a former senior executive $450,000 representing 9 months of severance, ruling that the employer repudiated the employment agreement by attempting to impose an additional condition on his termination entitlements, which was originally set at three months.
A 53-year-old Executive Assistant who was told her experience was “too senior” for the employer’s needs has been awarded $38,000 after the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario found her age and sex were factors in her termination.
