Contract Terms, Notice Requirements, Hiring & Firing

Not So Dependable? BC Court Says Employers May Not Expect Dependent Contractors to Get Less Reasonable Notice than Employees

Bennett Jones LLP on 6/3/2025

In the recent decision of Ursic v Country Lumber Ltd., 2025 BCSC 970 (Country Lumber), the Supreme Court of British Columbia held that there is no presumption that dependent contractors ought to receive less reasonable notice...more

Ontario, Canada Court Finds Employer Repudiated Employment Agreement When it Failed to Pay Employee’s Contractual Severance

Littler on 2/21/2025

In Timmins v. Artisan Cells, 2025 CanLII 2387, Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice found, in an undefended claim, that the employers “by their correspondence and actions” repudiated the employee’s employment agreement when...more

California Amends Noncompete Law (Again) and Adds a Notice Requirement

Epstein Becker & Green on 10/27/2023

California’s Business and Professions Code (the “Code”) has long been the nation’s strictest law on restrictive covenants, essentially prohibiting employee noncompetition agreements except in limited circumstances....more

Gone in 60 Days (or More): Court of Appeal Finds Termination Clause did not Limit Employee Termination Entitlements

Stikeman Elliott LLP on 6/24/2022

The Alberta Court of Appeal recently reviewed the enforceability of a termination clause that purported to impose limits on employee termination entitlements. In Bryant v. Parkland School Division, the Court held that a...more

Ontario, Canada: Calculation of Reasonable Notice Period When a Contractor Becomes an Employee

Littler on 2/26/2020

Cormier v. 1772887 Ontario Limited (St. Joseph Communications) (“St. Joseph”), 2019 ONCA 965, is an appeal from a summary judgment motion arising from the wrongful dismissal claim of a contractor who worked for St. Joseph for...more

Termination Clauses in Ontario - Precise Language Can Help Limit Employers’ Liability

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/29/2020

In Canada, if an employer wishes to terminate an employee without cause, it must provide notice or pay in lieu thereof. In other words, unlike in the United States, Canada does not have employment at-will....more

Key Trends from a Summer of Non-compete Reform

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 9/10/2019

The start of September means that summer is unofficially over. However, the end of beach season also means that big changes to state non-compete laws are on the horizon....more

California Hospitals Cannot Use an Exclusive Contract to do an End-Run around a Medical Staff Member’s Right to Notice and a Fair...

Polsinelli on 2/20/2019

Economy v. Sutter East Bay Hospitals (Feb. 4, 2019, A150211, A150738, A150962) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2019 WL 422346] - The California First District Court of Appeal has addressed an issue often dealt with by hospitals with...more

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