Sentences with phrase «revised employment contracts»

Since the employees will be entitled to reasonable notice of dismissal, the employer can not simply have the employees sign revised employment contracts with a new termination clause.

Employers seeking to have their employees sign revised employment contracts should first consult a qualified labour and employment lawyer to ensure that the proper procedure is followed.

Employers can not simply revise the termination clause in the employment contracts of their current employers, tell their employees to sign the revised employment contracts, and expect that a court will enforce the revised clause.

For the revised employment contracts to be enforceable, the employer will be required to provide new consideration.

In 2008, due to the company's uncertain future and the consequent risk to Mr. Allen's continued employment, Ainsworth revised his employment contract to improve the provisions governing his severance.

A court is unlikely to enforce the new termination provision because the revised employment contract will lack the necessary consideration to form a legally binding contract.

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To protect the business interests of our health care clients, the firm's attorneys regularly draft, review, revise, and negotiate vendor contracts, employment agreements, non-competition agreements, leases and other documents which govern the essential relationships of health care clients.

Of Canada3 In Belton, the Court of Appeal considered whether the employees» refusal to acknowledge the employer's right to make changes in the compensation plan contained in the contract of employment justified the employer's dismissal of the employees who refused to sign the «new» agreement containing the revised compensation plan.

It is often too late for an employer to amend a poorly drafted employment contract after it has been accepted by the employee because a court will refuse to enforce the amended contract unless the employee with new consideration such as a bonus or promotion when he or she accepted the revised contractual terms.

A major problem faced by employers whose current employment contracts contain termination clauses silent on the subject of mitigation is that they can not simply have their current employees sign new employment contracts containing a revised termination clause.

She regularly drafts and revises personnel manuals, employee handbooks, employment policies, employment contracts, non-competition and separation agreements.

Darryl also drafts and revises a wide variety of labour and employment documents, including employment contracts, employment policies and procedures, collective agreements and human rights documents (including discrimination, harassment and accommodation policies).