Employment Lawyers in Ontario

Yes. The lawyers at Aaron Waxman and Associates can help you with your claim for wrongful dismissal, termination of employment during a disability claim and other types of employment matters.

Many workplaces in Ontario are covered by the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and its regulations. OHSA does not apply to federally regulated workplaces such as post offices, banks, airlines and airports, to name a few.

When an employee is dismissed without cause, an employer is required to provide them with notice or pay in lieu of notice.

In some cases, employers may choose to provide pay in lieu of notice (a lump sum amount) representing pay for the notice period. In other cases, an employer may give “working notice” and require the employee to work through the notice period in order to continue receiving a pay cheque.

Working notice notifies the employee that in a certain amount of days or weeks, his or her position will end. The Employment Standards Act sets out the minimum number of weeks notice an employer must provide to an employee.

The Employment Standards Act (ESA) provides the minimum stands for most employees who work in Ontario. It sets out the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees in most workplaces in the province. ESA covers subjects such as minimum wage, vacation pay, leaves of absence (parent, personal emergency leave, family medical leave, parental leave), overtime pay and work schedules.

Recently, the ESA was amended to contain provisions related to COVID-19 related leaves.

If you have been away from your job for a prolonged period of time due to a disability, your employer may say you have “abandoned” your job because you have not returned. Therefore, they are no longer willing to keep your position open.

We do handle employment matters and can help explain your rights to you. We encourage you to contact us for further information.

As employment lawyers, we can only help assist employees who are not part of a collective agreement or union. If you are part of a collective agreement, a union representative will assist you in filing a grievance against your employer or with your employment issues.

If you were covered for LTD benefits while you were working, benefits will continue for some period of time (Notice of Period). You must have become disabled while you were actively employed and covered under your employer's policy.