Termination? “Any Time”!

Termination? “Any Time”!

Recent Court decision shifts interpretation of employment contract in favour of employer In a recent case, a Senior Product Manager was dismissed from his employment shortly before his restricted stock units (“RSUs”)¹ were scheduled to vest (ie when the conditions of...
ZFL Law in the News: Ambiguous Language, Additional Handbook Make Termination Clause Unenforceable: Ontario Court

ZFL Law in the News: Ambiguous Language, Additional Handbook Make Termination Clause Unenforceable: Ontario Court

Recently, Zubas Flett Liberatore Law Lawyer, Ashna Gakhar, was quoted in a case comment by Jeffrey Smith of Canadian HR Reporter. The article, which discussed disability accommodation policies and employer obligations, is available to read here and below. When it...
Courts Deliver a Covid Bump: Employees Benefit from a Boost to Reasonable Notice Period for Wrongful Dismissals during Pandemic

Courts Deliver a Covid Bump: Employees Benefit from a Boost to Reasonable Notice Period for Wrongful Dismissals during Pandemic

After much speculation by employment lawyers, early wrongful dismissal decisions are starting to come out addressing the Court’s view on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for non-unionized employees notice periods. The most recent case on the topic is Kraft v....