Sentences with phrase «of her contract of employment amounting»

On learning of the conviction and friendship, the local authority held a disciplinary hearing where it was decided that Reilly had committed a serious breach of an implied term of her contract of employment amounting to gross misconduct.

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The remaining amount, about $ 60 million, was for the main insolvency and forensics business with much of that amount effectively offset by liabilities including an ANZ loan worth about $ 20 million, landlord leasing contracts, employment entitlements and other ongoing liabilities.

While I know it's a smart move overall, I'm very much like my father in regards to having a solid amount of money in savings... I'd still have roughly 5k in savings, but that's really only 3 - 4 months cushion should something happen to my employment (I'm on a long - term contract with the US Government, but it's still a contract).

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The Employment Rights Act 1996 sets out the minimum amount of notice that must be given while an employee's contract could also stipulate that a greater amount of notice must be provided.

A contract is a contract and, as expressed by Chief Justice Winkler on behalf of a unanimous court, «From a practical perspective, it is worth repeating that if parties to an employment agreement specifying a fixed amount of damages intend for mitigation to apply upon termination without cause, they must express that intention in clear and specific language in the contract.»

Some senior positions may have an employment contract that dictates the amount of severance pay.

When in doubt, it is always best to seek the advice of an employment lawyer, as contract language, position and duties, conduct during dismissal and many other factors may play a role in determining the amount of an entitlement.

In 2007, the parties entered into an indefinite term employment contract under which the plaintiff's base salary increased to $ 50,000 and commission increased significantly to between 50 and 65 percent of the value of sales over certain established amounts.

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In a decision released in June this year, Bowes v. Goss Power Products Ltd. (2012 ONCA 424), the Ontario Court of Appeal considered the application of this principle of mitigation where an employment contract provided a fixed amount of severance upon termination.

The employment contract contained an «early out» clause, which stated that «employment may be terminated at any time by the Employer and any amounts paid to the Employee shall be in accordance with the Employment Standards Act of Ontaremployment contract contained an «early out» clause, which stated that «employment may be terminated at any time by the Employer and any amounts paid to the Employee shall be in accordance with the Employment Standards Act of Ontaremployment may be terminated at any time by the Employer and any amounts paid to the Employee shall be in accordance with the Employment Standards Act of OntarEmployment Standards Act of Ontario.»

The first step in calculating the amount of notice depends on whether that employee's termination is subject to a valid employment contract.

Ms Reilly was suspended and later summoned to a disciplinary meeting to answer an allegation that, in having failed to disclose her relationship with a man convicted of sexual offences towards children, she had committed a serious breach of an implied term in her contract of employment, which amounted to gross misconduct.

The penalty for early termination of a fixed - term agreement is presumptively payment through the unexpired term of the contract or such smaller amount as the parties may agree to, subject to employment standards laws.

If the employment contract contains a clause that sets out the amount of notice an employee gets upon being fired and the contract is valid, then the employee is entitled only to the reasonable notice set out therein.

In Bowes, Chief Justice Winkler, writing for a five - member panel of the Court of Appeal, held that if an employment agreement specifies the amount payable to an employee if the employer terminates the employment contract, whether fixed or readily calculable, the parties have contracted out of the common law presumption of providing reasonable notice of dismissal.

If the amount of pay or notice in the contract could fall below the minimum termination notice required by the Employment Standards Act, a court will not enforce it.

The jury found for the plaintiff and awarded 20 weeks salary in damages, the amount specified in her employment contract, $ 200,000 in aggravated damages against the employer for the manner of dismissal, and $ 1,000,000 in punitive damages.

An employee who has been continuously employed for three months or more in an indefinite employment contract is entitled by law to a minimum amount of notice, which can range from 1 week to several months for each year of service depending on the position, age and length of the employee's service.

Where an employer fails to do so, the suspension will be viewed as an unauthorized breach of the employment contract, amounting to «constructive dismissal» of the employee, who can then sue the former employer for compensation.

While the court acknowledged that the law was unsettled whether a liquidated damages clause in an employment contract amounts to a form of restraint of trade on the basis of the financial burden that it places on the employee, the court ruled unanimously that this was an obstacle to competition and, as such, was in restraint of trade.

The trial judge found that the incidents complained of took place outside the workplace, the employee had made a timely apology to the victim which he had accepted and several of the incidents alleged to have amounted to sexual harassment and breach of the employment contract in fact was found to be «consensual conduct among friends».

For example, if your company's employee handbook states that employees who are terminated will receive severance according to a formula based on the employee's years of service, and your company does not pay you the correct amount of severance, our employment attorneys may be able to file a breach of contract claim on your behalf seeking the unpaid compensation.

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The Court rejected the appellant's reliance on the Ontario Court of Appeal's decision in Roden v. Toronto Humane Society.12 In Roden the Court enforced a contract that provided the employee would be provided with the minimum amount of notice «or payment in lieu thereof as required by the applicable employment standards legislation.»

The award of damages will be reduced by the amount of employment income the dismissed employee earned from other employment sources during the notice period, unless the terms of employee's employment contract did not require the employee to mitigate his or her damages.

Damages for wrongful dismissal are not payable in priority to other expenses pursuant to the Insolvency Act 1986, Sch B1, para 99 (4) to (6), since a payment in respect of the period after the date of termination of employment can not amount to «wages» but rather is a payment by the employer on account of the employee's claim for damages for breach of contract.

While such addictions amount to illness, an employer does not have to tolerate breaches of the terms of employment contracts, and a dismissal of a drunk employee would be for such breach, and not for the underlying condition.

Deducting the benefits would provide the wrongfully terminated employee with exactly what he would have received had the employment contract been performed: an amount equal to his salary during the reasonable notice period and thereafter defined benefits for the rest of his life.

Accordingly, the Court held that the employer's conduct amounted to a failure to honestly perform the employment contract, which justified an award of punitive damages.

During the signing of your employment contract, it usually contains the specific amount of time which you should notify the company before you actually stop working.

Contract jobs rose in popularity in the last 15 years when employers realized they could save a substantial amount of money on payroll, employment taxes, and benefits by hiring contractors.

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Particularly, Craigslist contains a high amount of freelance, contract, and part - time positions, suitable for those looking for temporary employment.