Author: Alfred Kempf
Alf Kempf is a senior litigator whose practice focuses on labour and employment law as well as commercial and insolvency matters. He provides pragmatic advice and guidance on legal matters…
With the decline in general economic activity and increasing competition from low wage countries what can employers do to lower their labor costs?
An all too typical typical Friday afternoon call to an employment (or tax) lawyer goes something like this: "Oh my God… I have just been reassessed for my independent contractors.
This is one of the most frequent phrases heard by Employment lawyers. The phrase is uttered by employers who have terminated employees without cause have given only the notice (or
These are the words most dreaded by an employment lawyer. Quite frequently these calls come on a Friday afternoon moments before you are scheduled to meet friends for a cold
- Certainty – At the conclusion of employment (all employment concludes at some time) the precise consequences including severance pay is spelled out. There should be no need to involve lawyers
Our Supreme Court in a recent wrongful dismissal claim, Pritchard v. The Stuffed Animal House Ltd., determined that an employee suing for wrongful dismissal could recover for unused vacation days
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