OBA Health Law Program Counsel to regulated health professionals often have to manage multiple concurrent proceedings for the same client, including civil actions, criminal proceedings, regulatory matters, human rights and employment and/or privileging matters. Even...
On the Outs – Termination Provisions Need to be Updated Employees are generally entitled to “reasonable notice” (or pay in lieu of such notice) if their employment is terminated without cause. Reasonable notice is calculated by courts on a case by case basis by...
The Professional’s Duty to Accommodate In Ontario, professionals must consider their obligations under the Human Rights Code both as a service provider and as an employer. Professionals as Employers Professionals are required to treat their employees (both prospective...
Restrictive Covenants – Part 3 of 3: Your Former Employee is Stealing Your Clients – What can you do? One of your employees quits to work for another company. Shortly thereafter, your clients start requesting to transfer their files to your former employee’s new...
Restrictive Covenants – Part 2 of 3: Starting up a Practice When You’ve Signed a Non-Competition or Non-Solicitation Agreement You’ve left your employment to start up your own practice and your employer reminds you that you’ve signed a non-competition or...
Restrictive Covenants – Part 1 of 3: To Restrict or not to Restrict – that is the Question Employers often put restrictive covenants, such as non-competition or non-solicitation clauses, into their contracts as a matter of course. However, courts interpret such...
