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- Employee Allowed to Withdraw Equivocal Resignation, Court of Appeal Rules
The Ontario Court of Appeal recently overturned a lower court judgment, which we previously wrote about here, finding that an employee was allowed to withdraw an “equivocal” resignation. What Happened? The employee began working for the employer, a large multinational insurance company and financial … Read more »
- Court Grants Permanent Injunction Against Former Employee under Non-Solicitation Clause
In a recent Ontario case, the court took the extraordinary measure of granting a permanent injunction against a former employee under an employment agreement containing non-competition and non-solicitation clauses. What Happened? The employer is composed of two Ontario corporations carrying on busin … Read more »
- Employer and Employee Cannot Agree to Reset Length of Service to Avoid Employment Standards
The Ontario Court of Appeal recently agreed with a lower court decision that an employer and employee cannot reset the length of an employee’s term of employment in order to get out of standards set out in the Employment Standards Act (“ESA”). What Happened? The employee wasa professional architect … Read more »
- What is the Effect of a Resignation and Immediate Re-Hiring on the Employment Relationship?
The Ontario Court of Appeal recently decided a case in whether or not an employee’s unequivocal resignation and immediate re-hiring marked a break in the employment relationship. What Happened? The employee began working in the dentist’s dental practice in 1993. Over the succeeding years, the dentis … Read more »
- Court of Appeal Rejects $150M Class Action Against Loto-Quebec for Misleading Ticket Buyers on Their Chances of Winning
The Quebec Court of Appeal recently upheld a lower court decision that had rejected a woman’s class action against the province’s lottery corporation, Loto-Quebec, in which she claimed that it had misled her and others on their chances of winning a jackpot. What Happened? The appellant had been purc … Read more »