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Showing posts with label Releases. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Releases. Show all posts
Saturday 17 September 2022

Employees Cannot Waive Right to Compensation for Workplace Injury

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Can a worker waive his right to compensation for a workplace injury? In Fleming v. Massey , 2016 ONCA 70 , the Court of Appeal for Ontari...
Thursday 11 July 2019

Conscionability of Release Not Appropriate for Resolution by Summary Judgment

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Is the issue of the “conscionability” of a full and final release, signed as part of a severance negotiation and purporting to release cl...
Wednesday 3 April 2019

Employer Entitled to Return of Severance Payment After Discovering Misappropriation of Funds

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If an employer dismisses an employee without cause, pays the employee a considerable amount for severance, and the parties sign a full an...
Saturday 29 December 2018

Slate Not Wiped Clean by Release in Context of Share Sale

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Can an employee extinguish his statutory right to severance pay by way of a full and final release signed in the context of a share sale?...
Sunday 18 November 2018

Employee Allowed to Sue for Sexual Harassment Five Years After Signing Full and Final Release

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Can an employee sue her former supervisor for sexual harassment if she has signed a Full and Final Release in favour of her former employ...
Friday 16 February 2018

Workplace Harassment “Arises From” but does not “Relate To” Employment

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Does workplace harassment simply “arise from and in the course of” an employee’s employment, or does it actually “relate to” that employme...
Saturday 22 June 2013

Do You Have to Sign a Release to Get a Severance Package?

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(c) istock/Sohel_Parvez_Haque Do you have to sign a release to get a severance package in Ontario? For most employees who find themselve...
Wednesday 6 June 2012

Getting Time to Think

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A common question asked by people in high-stress situations is “Can I have a moment to think?”  A recent decision from the Ontario Superi...
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Thursday 31 May 2012

Release Reaches Farther than Expected

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The phrase caveat signator means "beware what you are signing." It is an appropriate warning when signing a Full and Final Rele...