Sentences with phrase «continuation during the notice period»

Employers operating in Ontario who «draw the circle» around employee rights and entitlements on termination should carefully review and ensure that their contractual termination clause complies with all aspects of statutory minimum standards, and in particular: (a) notice or pay in lieu, (b) benefits continuation during the notice period, (c) severance pay, if applicable, and (d) continued vacation accrual during the termination notice period.

While the Court concluded that signing a written employment agreement the day after the employee commenced work did not render the agreement unenforceable, it found that the termination clause contained in the employment agreement improperly excluded the employee's minimum statutory entitlement to benefits continuation during the notice period.

Not exact matches

The language of the contractual termination clause violated the statute because it set out an exhaustive summary of what the plaintiff was to receive upon termination — «drawing the circle» around the employee's termination entitlements — but failing to provide for benefits continuation during the statutory notice period.

However, employers should nevertheless continue to exercise caution when drafting termination clauses by specifically referring to benefits continuation during the statutory notice period.

The termination clause was found to be unlawful and therefore void because the words «any amounts paid» could be read as failing to provide for the continuation of the plaintiff's benefits during the plaintiff's statutory (ESA) notice period.

Employees and employers are entitled to negotiate employment contracts that do not provide for the continuation of benefits or compensation (typically stock options, bonuses and pension contributions) during the reasonable notice period if the employee is dismissed without cause.