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Fired Without Cause? That Could Be Wrongful Dismissal
Fired Without Cause? That Could Be Wrongful Dismissal

Date: December 1, 2025

What “Fired Without Cause” Really Means in Ontario If you’ve been told you’re being let go “without cause,” you’re not...

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Wrongful Dismissal in Brampton: What Qualifies and What to Do
Wrongful Dismissal in Brampton: What Qualifies and What to Do

Date: December 1, 2025

What Is Wrongful Dismissal in Ontario? Wrongful dismissal happens when your employer terminates you without proper notice, severance, or legal...

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Do Short-Term Employees Get Severance in Ontario? What the Law Says
Do Short-Term Employees Get Severance in Ontario? What the Law Says

Date: November 28, 2025

Can You Get Severance If You’ve Worked Less Than a Year? Yes – you might still be entitled to severance...

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Fired from GardaWorld 2025? Here’s What You’re Owed in Severance
Fired from GardaWorld 2025? Here’s What You’re Owed in Severance

Date: November 28, 2025

Understanding GardaWorld’s Workforce in 2025 GardaWorld is one of Canada’s largest private security employers, with teams working across airport screening,...

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Bell Layoffs 2025: What Affected Employees in Canada Need to Know
Bell Layoffs 2025: What Affected Employees in Canada Need to Know

Date: November 28, 2025

What Happened: Bell Cuts Nearly 700 Corporate Jobs in Its Latest Restructuring Bell Canada’s parent company, BCE Inc., has confirmed...

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Why You Should Never Accept a Severance Package Without Legal Review
Why You Should Never Accept a Severance Package Without Legal Review

Date: November 26, 2025

Don’t Sign Too Quickly — Here’s Why It Matters Losing your job can be stressful enough, and when your employer...

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Severance vs. Termination Pay: Key Differences Ontario Employees Should Know
Severance vs. Termination Pay: Key Differences Ontario Employees Should Know

Date: November 26, 2025

Termination Pay vs. Severance Pay: What’s the Difference? Many Ontario employees use the terms “severance” and “termination pay” interchangeably but...

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How Much Severance Are You Really Owed in Ontario? (It’s Often More Than You Think)
How Much Severance Are You Really Owed in Ontario? (It’s Often More Than You Think)

Date: November 26, 2025

You Might Be Owed More Than the ESA Minimums If you’ve been let go from your job in Ontario, there’s...

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Understanding Severance Pay in Ontario: What Every Employee Needs to Know
Understanding Severance Pay in Ontario: What Every Employee Needs to Know

Date: November 25, 2025

What Is Severance Pay and Are You Eligible? Severance pay is compensation your employer may owe you when your job...

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Verizon Layoffs 2025: What Canadian Employees Should Know About Severance
Verizon Layoffs 2025: What Canadian Employees Should Know About Severance

Date: November 25, 2025

Major Layoffs Announced by Verizon In November 2025, Verizon announced a massive workforce reduction. Here’s what Ontario-based employees need to...

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Speed Camera Layoffs in Toronto: What Drivers and Affected Workers Should Know
Speed Camera Layoffs in Toronto: What Drivers and Affected Workers Should Know

Date: November 25, 2025

What Changed: Ontario’s New Rules on Speed Cameras In 2025, Ontario introduced a new law requiring all municipalities including Toronto...

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Puma Layoffs 2025: What Canadian Employees Should Know About Their Rights
Puma Layoffs 2025: What Canadian Employees Should Know About Their Rights

Date: November 11, 2025

Puma’s Global Restructuring and What It Means for Canada (2025) As of October 2025, Puma has announced a global restructuring...

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Hootsuite Layoffs 2025: What Canadian Tech Employees Should Know About Their Rights
Hootsuite Layoffs 2025: What Canadian Tech Employees Should Know About Their Rights

Date: November 7, 2025

Recent Developments at Hootsuite (October 2025) Hootsuite, a Vancouver-based social media management platform, announced on October 27, 2025, that it...

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Rona Employees in 2025: What to Do If Your Role Was Affected
Rona Employees in 2025: What to Do If Your Role Was Affected

Date: November 7, 2025

Recent Developments at Rona Rona is a well-known Canadian retailer that operates in the home improvement and construction sector, offering...

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Air Canada Layoffs 2025: What Management Employees Should Know About Severance
Air Canada Layoffs 2025: What Management Employees Should Know About Severance

Date: October 30, 2025

Recent Developments at Air Canada On October 24, 2025, Air Canada announced it would be eliminating 400 management positions, representing...

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ConocoPhillips Layoffs 2025: What Canadian Employees Should Know About Severance
ConocoPhillips Layoffs 2025: What Canadian Employees Should Know About Severance

Date: October 30, 2025

Recent Developments at ConocoPhillips Canada As of late October 2025, ConocoPhillips Canada has joined a growing list of global energy...

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Halton Healthcare Terminations 2025: What Ontario Employees Should Know
Halton Healthcare Terminations 2025: What Ontario Employees Should Know

Date: October 30, 2025

Recent Developments at Halton Healthcare Halton Healthcare, one of Ontario’s largest healthcare organizations, operates hospitals in Oakville, Milton, and Georgetown....

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Global Payments Layoffs 2025: What Canadian Employees Should Know
Global Payments Layoffs 2025: What Canadian Employees Should Know

Date: October 29, 2025

Recent Developments at Global Payments As of October 2025, Global Payments Inc., a leading global payments technology company with offices...

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Sherweb 2025 Workforce Changes: What Canadian Employees Should Know
Sherweb 2025 Workforce Changes: What Canadian Employees Should Know

Date: October 29, 2025

Recent Developments at Sherweb As of October 2025, Sherweb, a Montreal-based cloud solutions provider for managed service providers (MSPs), has...

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Intel’s 2025 Layoffs: What Canadian Tech Workers Need to Know About Severance
Intel’s 2025 Layoffs: What Canadian Tech Workers Need to Know About Severance

Date: October 29, 2025

Intel’s Turnaround Came at a Cost In October 2025, Intel made headlines with a strong financial comeback—beating earnings expectations and...

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EQB Layoffs 2025: What Impacted Employees Should Know About Severance in Canada
EQB Layoffs 2025: What Impacted Employees Should Know About Severance in Canada

Date: October 28, 2025

Why EQB’s October Layoffs Are Raising Questions In late 2025, EQB Inc., the parent company of Equitable Bank and EQ...

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Scotiabank Layoffs 2025: What Canadian Employees Need to Know
Scotiabank Layoffs 2025: What Canadian Employees Need to Know

Date: October 28, 2025

Scotiabank Layoffs Hit Canadian Banking Roles in October 2025 In October 2025, Scotiabank, one of Canada’s largest financial institutions, confirmed...

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Laid Off from GM Oshawa, 2025? Know Your Severance Rights
Laid Off from GM Oshawa, 2025? Know Your Severance Rights

Date: October 27, 2025

What’s Happening at GM Oshawa: Layoffs Delayed but Not Cancelled If you work at the GM Oshawa Assembly Plant, you’ve...

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Expertech Job Cuts 2025: How to Protect Your Severance Rights Now
Expertech Job Cuts 2025: How to Protect Your Severance Rights Now

Date: October 27, 2025

120 Jobs Cut Across Ontario and Quebec On October 1, 2025, Expertech Network Installation Inc. — a subsidiary of Bell...

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Is ‘Lack of Work’ a Valid Reason to Fire You Without Severance?
Is ‘Lack of Work’ a Valid Reason to Fire You Without Severance?

Date: October 25, 2025

When Employers Say “There’s Just No Work Left” You’ve been working hard, doing your job well, and then one day,...

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Job Offer Revoked After You Resigned? Here’s What Ontario Law Says
Job Offer Revoked After You Resigned? Here’s What Ontario Law Says

Date: October 22, 2025

When Your “New Beginning” Falls Apart You’ve just accepted a new job. The offer letter is signed, your start date...

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Can You Get Severance Pay If You Were Fired Without Cause in Ontario?
Can You Get Severance Pay If You Were Fired Without Cause in Ontario?

Date: October 22, 2025

When “Fired Without Cause” Doesn’t Mean “Without Pay” You’ve just been called into a meeting and told your position is...

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What If You’re Offered Severance but Told to Sign in 48 Hours ?
What If You’re Offered Severance but Told to Sign in 48 Hours ?

Date: October 22, 2025

The Pressure of a 48-Hour Deadline You’ve just been called into a meeting and told your position is ending. Before...

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Fired While on Sick Leave in Ontario? What You Should Know
Fired While on Sick Leave in Ontario? What You Should Know

Date: October 21, 2025

The Shock of Losing Your Job While Unwell Imagine being on sick leave — recovering from surgery, dealing with burnout,...

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Were You Affected by the Daimler Layoffs 2025? Know Your Severance Rights in Canada
Were You Affected by the Daimler Layoffs 2025? Know Your Severance Rights in Canada

Date: October 13, 2025

What’s Happening with Daimler Truck North America (DTNA)? In July 2025, Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) — the company behind...

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Laid Off or Facing Layoffs in Canada?
Laid Off or Facing Layoffs in Canada?

Date: October 13, 2025

The word “layoff” gets thrown around a lot. But in Canada especially in Ontario it has a very specific legal...

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What If Your Employer Refuses to Pay You After Termination?
What If Your Employer Refuses to Pay You After Termination?

Date: October 11, 2025

A severance package is the compensation your employer gives you when your job ends—usually through termination without cause. In Ontario,...

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What If Your Employer Refuses to Pay You After Termination?
What If Your Employer Refuses to Pay You After Termination?

Date: October 11, 2025

Terminated… but Still Waiting for Your Pay? Getting fired is difficult enough—but when your employer withholds your final pay, it...

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Accenture Layoffs 2025: What Canadian Employees Should Know
Accenture Layoffs 2025: What Canadian Employees Should Know

Date: September 30, 2025

Accenture Layoffs — What’s Really Happening in Canada? If you work at Accenture in Canada — especially in cities like...

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Georgian College Restructuring 2025: Are You Owed Severance?
Georgian College Restructuring 2025: Are You Owed Severance?

Date: September 29, 2025

Were You Affected by Georgian’s Restructuring? Georgian College’s recent announcement to shut down its Orillia and Muskoka campuses has left...

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PHAC Layoffs 2025: Your Rights and Severance Options
PHAC Layoffs 2025: Your Rights and Severance Options

Date: September 27, 2025

What’s Happening at PHAC in 2025? In early September 2025, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) announced it will...

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ConocoPhillips Layoffs 2025: Alberta Severance Guide
ConocoPhillips Layoffs 2025: Alberta Severance Guide

Date: September 26, 2025

What’s Happening at ConocoPhillips Canada? If you work at ConocoPhillips Canada, you may have already heard whispers about job cuts—and...

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Canada Post Strike 2025: Severance & Worker Rights Explained
Canada Post Strike 2025: Severance & Worker Rights Explained

Date: September 25, 2025

What’s Happening at Canada Post in 2025? Canada Post has been locked in a long-running labour dispute with the Canadian...

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Hospital Layoffs in Ontario: What Healthcare Workers Need to Know About Severance
Hospital Layoffs in Ontario: What Healthcare Workers Need to Know About Severance

Date: September 25, 2025

What’s Happening in Ontario’s Hospital Sector Right Now? Ontario’s hospital system is under pressure—again. While there haven’t been major new...

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Can Your Employer Reduce Your Hours or Pay Without Consent in Ontario?
Can Your Employer Reduce Your Hours or Pay Without Consent in Ontario?

Date: September 23, 2025

When a Pay Cut Isn’t Just a “Business Decision” You’re told your hours are being trimmed. Or your salary’s taking...

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Fired After Filing a Complaint? Why That Could Be a Reprisal Under Ontario Law
Fired After Filing a Complaint? Why That Could Be a Reprisal Under Ontario Law

Date: September 23, 2025

When Speaking Up Gets You Let Go You complained about unpaid overtime. You raised a safety issue.And then—your job disappeared....

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Signing a Severance Agreement? Watch Out for These Red Flags
Signing a Severance Agreement? Watch Out for These Red Flags

Date: September 23, 2025

Rushing to Sign? You Might Be Signing Away Thousands. Getting let go is stressful — and when your employer hands...

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OpenText Layoffs 2025: What Ontario Employees Should Know About Severance
OpenText Layoffs 2025: What Ontario Employees Should Know About Severance

Date: September 22, 2025

What’s Happening at OpenText in 2025? If you work at OpenText’s Waterloo office—or know someone who does—you’ve likely heard whispers...

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Global News Layoffs 2025: What Journalists and Media Workers Need to Know
Global News Layoffs 2025: What Journalists and Media Workers Need to Know

Date: September 19, 2025

What Happened at Global News? On September 10–11, 2025, Corus Entertainment, the parent company of Global News, announced another wave...

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Ericsson Job Cuts in Ontario, 2025: Severance Explained
Ericsson Job Cuts in Ontario, 2025: Severance Explained

Date: September 16, 2025

Ericsson Cuts 100 Jobs in Ottawa — What It Means for You In September 2025, Ericsson Canada announced layoffs affecting...

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Microsoft RTO Policy 2025: Your Rights in Ontario
Microsoft RTO Policy 2025: Your Rights in Ontario

Date: September 13, 2025

Microsoft’s RTO Mandate – What’s Changing and Why It Matters On September 9, 2025, Microsoft announced a major change: most...

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Novo Nordisk Layoffs 2025: What Ontario Employees Should Know About Severance
Novo Nordisk Layoffs 2025: What Ontario Employees Should Know About Severance

Date: September 12, 2025

Global Pharma Giant Cuts 9,000 Jobs — What It Means for Canadians In a surprise move that’s making headlines across...

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Ciena Job Cuts 2025: What Ontario Employees Need to Know About Severance
Ciena Job Cuts 2025: What Ontario Employees Need to Know About Severance

Date: September 12, 2025

Layoffs Despite Profit? Here’s What Happened at Ciena In early September 2025, employees at Ciena Corporation’s Ottawa office received a...

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What Counts as ‘Cause’ for Termination in Ontario — and What Doesn’t
What Counts as ‘Cause’ for Termination in Ontario — and What Doesn’t

Date: September 11, 2025

Fired “For Cause”? That Doesn’t Mean It Was Legal It happens more often than you’d think. An employee walks into...

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Can You Be Demoted Without Warning in Ontario? Your Rights Explained
Can You Be Demoted Without Warning in Ontario? Your Rights Explained

Date: September 11, 2025

A Sudden Demotion? You’re Not OverreactingYou walk into work like any other day — but something’s off. Your title’s been...

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Probation Periods in Ontario: What Are Your Rights If You’re Let Go Early?
Probation Periods in Ontario: What Are Your Rights If You’re Let Go Early?

Date: September 9, 2025

The Truth About Probation Periods in Ontario Let’s clear something up right away — just because you’re on probation, doesn’t...

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Resigned Under Pressure? It Could Still Be a Dismissal in Ontario
Resigned Under Pressure? It Could Still Be a Dismissal in Ontario

Date: September 9, 2025

“I Didn’t Quit — I Had No Choice” If you’ve recently resigned from your job and it doesn’t sit right...

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Fired After a Bad Performance Review? Know If It’s Legal in Ontario
Fired After a Bad Performance Review? Know If It’s Legal in Ontario

Date: September 9, 2025

The Emotional Blow of a Bad Review — and Sudden Termination You walk into a performance review expecting feedback —...

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KPU Layoffs & Severance: Are You Owed More Than You Think?
KPU Layoffs & Severance: Are You Owed More Than You Think?

Date: August 28, 2025

What’s Happening at KPU? Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), which operates campuses across Surrey, Richmond, Langley, and Cloverdale, has confirmed a...

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Stellantis Windsor Plant Layoffs 2025 – Your Severance Rights Explained
Stellantis Windsor Plant Layoffs 2025 – Your Severance Rights Explained

Date: August 25, 2025

Stellantis Layoffs in Windsor: What We Know So Far In August 2025, Stellantis confirmed the layoff of approximately 100 employees...

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Amdocs Layoffs 2025: What Ontario Workers Should Know About Their Employment Rights
Amdocs Layoffs 2025: What Ontario Workers Should Know About Their Employment Rights

Date: August 19, 2025

Amdocs Layoffs Continue: What This Means for Tech Workers in Ontario In August 2025, Amdocs—the multinational software and services provider...

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Magna Layoffs in Ontario: What Workers Need to Know About Their Severance Rights
Magna Layoffs in Ontario: What Workers Need to Know About Their Severance Rights

Date: August 19, 2025

Magna to Shut Down London Auto Parts Plant Magna International, one of Canada’s largest automotive parts suppliers, has announced it...

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Bayer’s Global Layoffs: Do Canadian Workers Have Severance Rights Under Ontario Law?
Bayer’s Global Layoffs: Do Canadian Workers Have Severance Rights Under Ontario Law?

Date: August 8, 2025

In the past 10 days, German pharmaceutical giant Bayer announced that it has cut approximately 12,000 full-time positions globally since...

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When Does Bullying Become Constructive Dismissal? A Legal Guide for Ontario Employees
When Does Bullying Become Constructive Dismissal? A Legal Guide for Ontario Employees

Date: August 7, 2025

Not every dismissal is obvious. In Ontario, many employees are never officially fired — but are slowly pushed out by...

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Non-Competes, Pay Bands & Termination Transparency: Ontario’s working for Workers Impact
Non-Competes, Pay Bands & Termination Transparency: Ontario’s working for Workers Impact

Date: August 7, 2025

Ontario Employment Law Is Changing — Here’s What You Need to KnowOver the past few years, Ontario has quietly introduced...

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Atlassian Layoffs 2025: What Canadian Tech Employees Must Know About Severance
Atlassian Layoffs 2025: What Canadian Tech Employees Must Know About Severance

Date: August 6, 2025

Atlassian Lays Off 150 Employees Amid AI Push In the last 10 days, Atlassian, the Australian software giant behind Jira...

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Canadian Tire Corporate Layoffs: Know Your Rights Before You Sign
Canadian Tire Corporate Layoffs: Know Your Rights Before You Sign

Date: August 5, 2025

In a significant move toward operational restructuring, Canadian Tire Corporation has confirmed the elimination of an undisclosed number of corporate...

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Attabotics Bankruptcy: 150+ Employees Laid Off—Here’s What You Need to Know
Attabotics Bankruptcy: 150+ Employees Laid Off—Here’s What You Need to Know

Date: July 28, 2025

Calgary-based robotics startup Attabotics has filed for bankruptcy protection under Canada’s Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, following mounting debt and operational...

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EnerSys to Cut 11% of Corporate Workforce in Global Restructuring
EnerSys to Cut 11% of Corporate Workforce in Global Restructuring

Date: July 28, 2025

EnerSys, a global leader in energy storage and battery solutions, announced this past week that it will be eliminating approximately...

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Intel Layoffs 2025: Your Severance Rights as a Canadian Tech Employee
Intel Layoffs 2025: Your Severance Rights as a Canadian Tech Employee

Date: July 28, 2025

The Restructuring NewsIn July 2025, Intel confirmed a sweeping global restructuring plan that will cut approximately 24,000 jobs, reducing its...

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Fanshawe College Layoffs: 400 Positions Cut. Don’t Sign Anything Before Reading This.
Fanshawe College Layoffs: 400 Positions Cut. Don’t Sign Anything Before Reading This.

Date: July 28, 2025

What’s Happening at Fanshawe CollegeFanshawe College is undergoing a major staffing reduction, with nearly 400 positions—roughly 35% of its workforce—being...

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Is a Layoff Really a Termination? Ontario’s latest Ruling on Contract Provisions
Is a Layoff Really a Termination? Ontario’s latest Ruling on Contract Provisions

Date: July 24, 2025

You Were “Laid Off” — But Was It Actually a Termination? In Ontario, the word “layoff” gets used a lot...

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Mitigation Missteps: How Not Job-Hunting Hurts Your Wrongful Dismissal Claim
Mitigation Missteps: How Not Job-Hunting Hurts Your Wrongful Dismissal Claim

Date: July 24, 2025

You Were Wrongfully Dismissed — But There’s One Thing That Could Undermine Your CaseYou’ve just been let go. Maybe it...

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When Remote Work Ends: Constructive Dismissal Risks & Severance Rights
When Remote Work Ends: Constructive Dismissal Risks & Severance Rights

Date: July 21, 2025

The Return-to-Office Shift Is Raising QuestionsFor many Ontario employees, working from home wasn’t just a pandemic adjustment — it became...

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Starbucks Mandates Return to Office: A 4-Day Week Starting September 29, 2025
Starbucks Mandates Return to Office: A 4-Day Week Starting September 29, 2025

Date: July 18, 2025

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol has directed that, beginning September 29, 2025, all corporate employees in North America—including those at its Toronto...

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Securing Severance After Group Layoffs: ESA, 3-Day Job-Search Leave & Severance Rights
Securing Severance After Group Layoffs: ESA, 3-Day Job-Search Leave & Severance Rights

Date: July 15, 2025

Group Layoffs Are Never Just NumbersWhen a company announces a group layoff, the headlines usually talk about numbers.“75 roles eliminated.”“120...

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Constructive Dismissal in Ontario: When Employers’ Actions Force a Resignation
Constructive Dismissal in Ontario: When Employers’ Actions Force a Resignation

Date: July 15, 2025

You weren’t fired — But It Feels like You Were You didn’t get a termination letter. There was no formal...

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Recording Termination Meetings in Ontario: Can Your Secret Recording Help Your Case?
Recording Termination Meetings in Ontario: Can Your Secret Recording Help Your Case?

Date: July 11, 2025

The Impulse to Hit “Record” You sensed it was coming — the closed-door meeting, the shift in tone, the paper...

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Ontario Colleges Face Nearly 10,000 Job Losses as International Enrolment Plummets
Ontario Colleges Face Nearly 10,000 Job Losses as International Enrolment Plummets

Date: July 10, 2025

Ontario’s public college system is undergoing one of the largest layoffs in its history, with nearly 10,000 jobs lost and...

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Termination Clauses in Employment Contracts: How to Protect Your Common-Law Rights
Termination Clauses in Employment Contracts: How to Protect Your Common-Law Rights

Date: July 2, 2025

What You Sign Might Limit What You Deserve Most people don’t give their employment contract a second look—until they’re handed...

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Understanding the ESA vs. Common Law: Severance Pay Rights in Ontario
Understanding the ESA vs. Common Law: Severance Pay Rights in Ontario

Date: July 2, 2025

Why This Distinction Matters You’ve just been let go from your job. The HR rep slides a severance package across...

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How Ontario Courts Calculate Reasonable Notice in Wrongful Dismissal Cases
How Ontario Courts Calculate Reasonable Notice in Wrongful Dismissal Cases

Date: July 2, 2025

Why “Reasonable Notice” Isn’t So Simple You just got let go. The termination letter says you’re getting two weeks’ pay—and...

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Bumble Layoffs 2025: What Employees Need to Know About Their Severance
Bumble Layoffs 2025: What Employees Need to Know About Their Severance

Date: June 30, 2025

What’s Going On at Bumble? Bumble has announced a major workforce reduction—about 30% of its team, equating to roughly 240...

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How Long Do I Have to Sue for Wrongful Dismissal in Ontario?
How Long Do I Have to Sue for Wrongful Dismissal in Ontario?

Date: June 21, 2025

They fired you weeks—or maybe four months—ago. You didn’t sign any documents that the employer gave you on termination. And...

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What Happens If I Was Misclassified as a Contractor?
What Happens If I Was Misclassified as a Contractor?

Date: June 10, 2025

You send an invoice every month to the company, pay your own CPP, and the company calls you an “independent...

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Can I be Fired After Returning from a Leave? Know Your Rights in Ontario
Can I be Fired After Returning from a Leave? Know Your Rights in Ontario

Date: June 10, 2025

In Ontario, the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) protects employees from being fired because of taking a protected leave, like...

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How Much Notice Should I Get Before Being Let Go?
How Much Notice Should I Get Before Being Let Go?

Date: June 3, 2025

If you’re wondering, “How much notice should I get before being let go?” you’re not alone. It’s a question that...

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Resignation vs. Constructive Dismissal: What’s the Legal Difference?
Resignation vs. Constructive Dismissal: What’s the Legal Difference?

Date: June 3, 2025

I still remember a client who walked into my office clutching a crumpled resignation letter.“I quit”, she said, “but it...

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What If My Employer Didn’t Give Me a Written Termination Letter?
What If My Employer Didn’t Give Me a Written Termination Letter?

Date: May 27, 2025

You’re told it’s over — maybe in a meeting, maybe in a rushed phone call — but no formal letter...

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Can I Be Fired for Refusing to Sign a New Contract?
Can I Be Fired for Refusing to Sign a New Contract?

Date: May 27, 2025

You’re handed a new contract and advised that you have to sign it. Maybe the role hasn’t changed, but the...

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Severance Pay for Contract Employees: Do You Still Qualify?
Severance Pay for Contract Employees: Do You Still Qualify?

Date: May 10, 2025

You signed a contract — maybe a six-month marketing gig, a year-long design role, or a fixed-term vice president position....

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They Pressured Me to Sign a Termination Letter in 48 Hours — Is That Legal?
They Pressured Me to Sign a Termination Letter in 48 Hours — Is That Legal?

Date: May 10, 2025

You walk into the meeting. Maybe you already suspected something was coming — or maybe it hit you out of...

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I Didn’t Sign My Severance Offer—What Happens Next?
I Didn’t Sign My Severance Offer—What Happens Next?

Date: April 29, 2025

Maybe you were handed a severance package—and your first instinct was to pause.You’re not alone. In Ontario, you’re not legally...

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Can I Be fired During Parental or Medical Leave? What the Law Says
Can I Be fired During Parental or Medical Leave? What the Law Says

Date: April 29, 2025

You’re on leave—maybe recovering from surgery or spending time with your newborn—and then it happens. A message from HR. A...

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How Much Severance Pay Am I Really Entitled To?
How Much Severance Pay Am I Really Entitled To?

Date: April 18, 2025

Let’s be honest—losing your job is already stressful. And when someone hands you a severance pay offer and asks you...

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Wrongful Dismissal: 5 Signs you’ve Been Unfairly Terminated & What to Do Next
Wrongful Dismissal: 5 Signs you’ve Been Unfairly Terminated & What to Do Next

Date: April 16, 2025

So, they just let you go—and it feels off. Maybe they handed you a letter, maybe it came out of...

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