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As lawyers like to say, it depends. But threatening to punch him immediately afterwards certainly doesn’t help.   It’s not controversial to say that selling your business and staying on as an employee can be tricky. Yesterday you were the boss, today, the people who bought your company are the boss. You almost certainly have opinions about how they are running things.  The recently affirmed decisi

For years, Ontario employers have had good reason to worry about their termination clauses. Even clauses intended to comply with the law have been found unenforceable because their wording fails to meet the requirements of the Employment Standards Act , 2000 (the “ ESA ”). The consequences can be significant when that happens: the employee becomes entitled to common law reasonable notice, which ca

Workplace conduct is not confined to the Company’s location or hours of operation.   With the rise of digital communication tools, many workplace interactions now take place through messaging platforms, email, and social media. As a result, employers are increasingly being asked to address conduct that occurs outside of the physical workplace, and sometimes outside traditional working hours.  This