layoff Tag

05 May Are COVID layoffs constructive dismissals? Maybe, The Lawyer’s Daily (May 4, 2021)

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Layoffs are spells of employees’ temporary unemployment at the employer’s instigation. Neither the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) nor common law confers upon the employer the right to a layoff. Consequently, a layoff is a contractual right. Absent an express or implied term in a...

28 Feb Offers of Re-employment in Constructive Dismissals, The Law Times (February 25, 2019, p 7)

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Layoffs are spells of employees’ temporary unemployment. At common law, employers have no right to lay employees off. Nor does the Employment Standards Act, 2000 give employers such a right; rather, it regulates the periods and effects of layoffs when the right exists....