Comments on: Supreme Court Upholds Waksdale Decision Invalidating Employment Agreements in Ontario https://thehumlawfirm.ca/supreme-court-upholds-waksdale-decision-invalidating-employment-agreements-in-ontario/ Canadian Workplace & Employment Law, Professional Regulation Wed, 27 Nov 2024 02:09:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Review employment contracts regularly or risk incurring extra costs - Hum Law Firm - Employment Lawyers Toronto https://thehumlawfirm.ca/supreme-court-upholds-waksdale-decision-invalidating-employment-agreements-in-ontario/#comment-63 Wed, 27 Nov 2024 02:09:26 +0000 https://thehumlawfirm.ca/?p=10837#comment-63 […] Waksdale v. Swegon North America Inc., 2020 ONCA 391 the Court of Appeal confirmed that an invalid part of a termination clause invalidates the entire clause, regardless of whether the employer relies on it. In this case, the employer could not enforce the […]

]]> By: Top 10 errors employers make - Hum Law Firm - Employment Lawyers Toronto https://thehumlawfirm.ca/supreme-court-upholds-waksdale-decision-invalidating-employment-agreements-in-ontario/#comment-57 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:57:43 +0000 https://thehumlawfirm.ca/?p=10837#comment-57 […] is invalid, regardless of whether the employee was terminated with or without cause. This means most contracts in Ontario drafted prior to the Waksdale decision – and any following that fail to …. As a result, employers may have to pay dramatically increased severance a week with a out of date […]

]]> By: Question: I need to lay someone off due to a vaccine mandate. How do I avoid being sued? - Hum Law Firm - Employment Lawyers Toronto https://thehumlawfirm.ca/supreme-court-upholds-waksdale-decision-invalidating-employment-agreements-in-ontario/#comment-19 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 19:53:44 +0000 https://thehumlawfirm.ca/?p=10837#comment-19 […] As we have noted in the past, many employment agreements do not have enforceable termination provisions due to the decision in Waksdale v Swegon North America. Accordingly, you should update your employment agreements to ensure the termination provisions are enforceable. This way, you can comfortably rely on without cause terminations, including in circumstances where an employee refuses to comply with a vaccination policy. […]

]]> By: From mandatory COVID-19 vaccines to mask mandates: 6 things every employer needs to know - Hum Law Firm - Employment Lawyers Toronto https://thehumlawfirm.ca/supreme-court-upholds-waksdale-decision-invalidating-employment-agreements-in-ontario/#comment-9 Sat, 25 Sep 2021 23:40:48 +0000 https://thehumlawfirm.ca/?p=10837#comment-9 […] caution, as many employment contracts in Ontario now have invalid termination provisions due to the 2020 Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Waksdale v. Swegon North America Inc. We strongly recommend that employers update their employment agreements if they have not done so […]

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