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The Buchanan Ontario Workplace Law Blog is published by Dennis Buchanan, Barrister & Solicitor.

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Further Difficulties with Fixed Term Contracts
May 18th, 2012

I recently explained the limitations and difficulties of fixed term contracts.  One of the points I highlighted is that a fixed term contract displaces the employer's common law entitlement to terminate employment on notice.One employer recently discovered that this phenomenon can be extremely... Read more »

Notice Formulas and Employment Standards
May 16th, 2012

I've often discussed written employment contracts, and how a good and binding termination clause in a contract can reduce an employer's liabilities on termination from substantial "reasonable notice" to the relatively constrained statutory minimum notice, or anywhere in between.However, termination... Read more »

Employees Quitting and Competing
May 10th, 2012

Every so often, a case comes up involving an employee who departs from employment and immediately starts a new business, taking the old employers customers and sometimes even employees.There is nothing inherently wrong with this, unless there is a contractual non-solicitation/non-competition cl... Read more »

Harassment-Free Workplace Obligations - Still Up for Debate
May 8th, 2012

I've posted several times on the workplace harassment consequences of Bill 168, and was quoted in the Law Times about it.  To put it briefly, though I suggest reading my previous posts for a better understanding of the issue (Feb 27, Jan 26, Jan 11, Nov 24, Nov 18), Bill 168 amended the Occupat... Read more »

Shakur v. Mitchell Plastics - A Cautionary Tale
May 7th, 2012

The Superior Court of Justice recently released its costs decision in the Shakur v. Mitchell Plastics case.  The decision on the merits is here, and the costs decision is here.The case was a wrongful dismissal involving a 35-year-old machine operator dismissed in 2007 after 6 years of service. Read more »

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