A recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision shows that employers, if they want to enforce harmful termination or forfeiture provisions in equity-based incentive plans documents, have to properly notify the employee that they are entering into such a contract. To read more, click here.
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By Paul Russell, LegalMatters Staff • Although COVID-19 has disrupted many sectors of the economy it may leave employees in a stronger position when asking for changes in their work structure, says Toronto employment lawyer Stephen Moreau. “We now have almost three months of evidence that shows how companies can operate with a substantial portion
Many workers will emerge from the lockdown in a better position Read More »
By Paul Russell, LegalMatters Staff • Non-unionized employees who have been laid off or told their pay will be reduced should speak to a lawyer to ensure they receive fair treatment, says Toronto employment lawyer Stephen Moreau. “There is a lot of fearmongering out there about companies suffering and their need to reduce their workforce,”
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By Paul Russell, LegalMatters Staff • While the gig economy is here to stay, that doesn’t mean employers can treat contract workers as regular employees without paying overtime or other amounts required by law, says Toronto employment labour lawyer Stephen Moreau. “It is now increasingly commonplace for companies to use contract labour. With the gig
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Toronto employment labour lawyer Stephen Moreau says his client, Jean-Francois Oudin, is considering an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada after the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a termination clause that prevents him from claiming full compensation in lieu of common law reasonable notice of termination. In Oudin v. Centre Francophone de Toronto 2016
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Even though the Ontario Court of Appeal recently reduced a senior employee’s termination notice entitlements to 24 months from 30 — despite what seemed like exceptional circumstances — that does not mean courts are unwilling to exceed the usual two-year soft cap in other cases, says Toronto civil litigator Stephen Moreau. “In my world of
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While the government says it’s just trying to improve the legal process for those who have a beef with the Crown, proposed legislative changes may actually deny justice to those with meritorious claims, Toronto civil litigator Stephen Moreau writes in The Lawyer’s Daily. If enacted, the Crown Liability and Proceedings Act (CLAPA) would repeal the
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Toronto class-action lawyer Stephen Moreau has filed a lawsuit against the Ontario government for its cancellation of the guaranteed income pilot project, reports CTV News. The proposed class action, filed on behalf of four people who had been part of the program, “alleges that the cancellation of the pilot amounts to a breach of contract,
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Toronto employment lawyer Stephen Moreau is “thrilled” that the Federal Court has approved a multimillion-dollar class-action settlement launched by people denied employment insurance (EI) sickness benefits because they were on parental leave at the same time as their illness, reports the Toronto Star. “I’m glad to know this very long chapter has been closed,” says
Court sides with mothers who were denied extra EI benefits Read More »
A $45-million lawsuit has been launched against the production company that makes a number of popular TV programs — including Property Brothers — alleging wages and other benefits were unpaid to hundreds of contract production workers. The statement of claim for the proposed class action, filed by Toronto employment lawyer Stephen Moreau, partner with Cavalluzzo
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