Martin Ejidra
Prior to joining the Employment Law Boutique, Martin worked as an employment lawyer and workplace investigator at a leading mid-size firm, where he gained significant experience assisting both employers and employees and investigating allegations of harassment, human rights and occupational health and safety matters for various public and private companies and organizations, and in particular, in respect of allegations of anti-Black racism.
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What is exceptional? How to get more than 24 months notice of termination…
The Ontario Court of Appeal in the 2019 decision of Dawe v. the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Canada held that only exceptional circumstances would support the award of a notice period in excess of 24 months in relation to the termination of someone’s...
Secret Recording of Workplace Meetings was Cause for Termination
It is not a criminal act to record conversations where you have the consent of one of the parties, typically by the one who is doing the recording. However, we now have a case out of British Columbia finding, criminal or not, it was an invasion of privacy and...
Early Termination Clause Invalid – Employee Entitled to Balance of 3-year Fixed Term Contract
In a recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the principles in the now infamous Waksdale v. Swegon North America Inc., 2020 ONCA 391 decision were applied to a fixed term contract, striking out a termination clause where the ‘for cause’...