LAW 529 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Layoff, Unemployment Benefits, The Employer

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 529
• Professor: Tim Bartkiw

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Termination: various ways of ending employment some of the different concepts on how employment ends, resignation, retirement, dismissal, termination, mass termination, severance, with or without (cid:862)just cause(cid:863, constructive dismissal. Termination notice or pay (cid:862)(cid:449)orki(cid:374)g (cid:374)oti(cid:272)e(cid:863) or (cid:862)pa(cid:455) i(cid:374) lieu(cid:863) employer may choose which to give. In practice: employer may avoid payments by staggering terminations fewer than 50 in 4week periods. Dismissal common law: crucial issue dis(cid:373)issal (cid:449)ith or (cid:449)ithout (cid:862)just (cid:272)ause(cid:863, text chapters 13 and 15. Dismissal: employer must take position at ti(cid:373)e of ter(cid:373)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374), (cid:449)hether for (cid:862)just (cid:272)ause(cid:863) or (cid:374)ot. If with cause e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)er (cid:373)ust pro(cid:448)ide (cid:862)reaso(cid:374)a(cid:271)le (cid:374)oti(cid:272)e(cid:863) period or (cid:862)pa(cid:455) i(cid:374) lieu(cid:863) (cid:894)if contract silent on this, will be implied into contract by court) Length of service: history of performance/discipline, other (cid:862)(cid:373)itigati(cid:374)g(cid:863) fa(cid:272)tors. Includes theft, fraud, kickbacks, submitting inaccurate information for claims, etc: very serious goes to heart of employment relationship first offence may sometimes constitute just cause, but court will still look at overall context, e. g.