The court in a wrongful termination case found the termination provisions in the employment agreement were unenforceable because they violated the ESA and awarded the plaintiff two months’ damages in lieu of reasonable notice.
In Bertsch v. Datastealth Inc., 2024 ONSC 5593, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed an employee’s claim for common law reasonable notice of termination on a Rule 21 motion.
The New York State Clean Slate Act, designed to relieve the barriers to employment for persons with criminal convictions, takes effect Saturday, November 16, 2024.
The Court of Appeal for Ontario found that settlement documents signed after an employee separated from employment prevented him from suing for the value of vested stock options.
The controversial practice of “firing and rehiring”—dismissing employees and offering to re-engage them on new terms and conditions—is once again hitting the headlines in the UK.
The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) has just issued some much-needed guidance, through Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), on whether enrollment and use of E-Verify is prohibited in Illinois for private employers that did not have federal contracts.
On October 24, 2024, the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a circular cautioning employers about using workplace tracking technology, including AI, under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice ordered an independent medical exam of an employee who claimed in his wrongful dismissal action that he could not mitigate his damages by seeking alternative employment because of a mental health condition.
The USCIS recently introduced E-Verify+, which aims to streamline the employment eligibility verification by combining Form I-9 and E-Verify into a seamless digital process.
Following other states and cities across the nation, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 988, the Freelance Worker Protection Act (FWPA), into law on September 28, 2024.
