COURT DEALS ANOTHER BLOW TO EMPLOYERS – BEWARE – EVEN A REMOTE POSSIBILITY OF VIOLATING ONTARIO’S ESA WILL INVALIDATE YOUR EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT. NEED YOUR CONTRACTS AUDITED? CALL US.
In a recent wrongful dismissal case, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice held that a potential violation of the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the “ESA”), no matter how remote, will render a termination clause in an employment agreement void and unenforceable. In this case, the employee was a construction employee employed by Canaan since 2012. On November 10, […]