Lose Your Job, Lose Your Equity? Ontario Court Confirms Restricted Stock Units Can Be Forfeited

by Jasmine El Hamidi | Aug 15, 2025 | Articles, Wrongful Dismissal, Wrongful Dismissal

In a recent decision, Wigdor v Facebook Canada Ltd, 2025 ONSC 4051, the Ontario Superior Court upheld the enforceability of restricted stock unit (“RSU”) agreements that provide for the forfeiture of unvested equity upon termination even during the statutory notice...

I was hired as a remote worker. Do I have to start working from the office?

by | Feb 21, 2025 | Articles, Wrongful Dismissal, Wrongful Dismissal

What constitutes constructive dismissal? Employers generally have the right to decide whether employees work in-office or remotely. However, in some cases, an employer’s unilateral and fundamental change to an employee’s terms of employment (including to their place...

Do Employers have an Obligation to Prevent Sexual Harassment?

by Elizabeth McConkey | Nov 5, 2024 | Articles, Wrongful Dismissal, Wrongful Dismissal

Sexual harassment is defined and outlined in multiple pieces of legislation in Ontario. The Ontario Human Rights Code (the “Code”) defines sexual harassment and provides that employees have the right to be free from sexual harassment in the workplace. The Occupational...

Ontario Court of Appeal: Bonus Should be Included as Part of Contractual Severance Package

by JPAK | Jan 5, 2023 | Articles, Wrongful Dismissal, Wrongful Dismissal

In Nader v. University Health Network, 2022 ONCA 856, the Ontario Court of Appeal found that the plaintiff’s employment contract was sufficiently ambiguous that he would also be entitled to his bonus as part of his contractual termination package.  Background...

Maternity And Parental Leave In Ontario

by | Jun 29, 2022 | Articles, Employment Standards, Wrongful Dismissal, Wrongful Dismissal

Maternity And Parental Leave In Ontario What Are Your Rights? Some of the most frequently voiced concerns we encounter from expectant or new parents are related to job security and changes upon returning to the workplace. Many wonder if they will have a place within...

Enforceability of Termination Provisions: Rahman Overturned

by | Jun 24, 2022 | Articles, Wrongful Dismissal, Wrongful Dismissal

In early 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada denied leave to appeal the Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Swegon North America Inc. v. Waksdale, 2020 ONCA 391 (“Waksdale”). The Waksdale decision had marked a significant shift in the enforceability of termination...