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Short-term disability benefits often continue for the remainder of the approved benefit period, provided you continue to meet the insurer’s definition of disability. However, coverage does not continue automatically in every case. Some disability plans limit benefits once employment ends or impose c … Read more »

Losing a job is stressful enough on its own. The added worry of what a former employer might say to a prospective one can feel just as destabilizing. Whether you were let go without explanation, dismissed for cause, or left under difficult circumstances, it is reasonable to wonder how much of that s … Read more »

An employer can layoff an employee while they are on maternity leave. The reality is that employers restructure, eliminate positions, and reduce their workforce, and sometimes those decisions land on someone who is away on leave. In Ontario, the law does not make that impossible. Whether it is illeg … Read more »

Yes, an employer can sue a former employee after they resign.  Resignation by itself does not create legal liability. Walking away from a job is your right.  What matters is how you left and what you did before or after.  The circumstances around your departure are what can give an employer somet … Read more »

Yes, you can be terminated while on short-term disability. The leave itself does not prevent your employer from ending your employment. What matters is why they did it. If the reason has nothing to do with your disability or your leave, it may be lawful. If your disability played a role, Ontario law … Read more »