Employers Take Notice: An Employee’s Entitlement to Benefits Doesn’t Necessarily End at Resignation
By EsqSocial Corporation 16/10/20
The Supreme Court of Canada recently awarded damages to a senior level executive in an amount equal to the bonus he would have earned had he continued working through to the end of his common law reasonable notice period. Generally speaking, if a Canadian employee is terminated without a valid legal reason, the employee is entitled to reasonable notice under common law, unless there is an enforceable termination clause in an applicable employment contract that states otherwise. The length of a...
By: Fisher Phillips