by Lisa Belcourt | Nov 5, 2025 | Civil Litigation, Employment/Wrongful Dismissal
Losing a Job Doesn’t Always Mean Losing Your Rights Losing your job can be one of the most stressful experiences in your professional life. The uncertainty of income, reputation, and future prospects can feel overwhelming. Yet for many employees in Innisfil, job loss...
by Michael Laplante | Mar 16, 2022 | Civil Litigation, Employment/Wrongful Dismissal, Personal Injury
Being injured in a motor vehicle incident is scary. But what’s even more scary is the fear that you won’t be able to return to work and continue to provide for you and your family. Whether you’re off work for a few days or a few months, it’s important to think about how the bills will get paid during your period of recovery.
by Jennifer Goldsmith | Feb 22, 2022 | Employment/Wrongful Dismissal
Being injured in an accident can be a very traumatic experience. Accident Benefits are one type of benefit that may be available to you to assist in your recovery. Navigating through the Accident Benefits system can be complicated and stressful and a personal injury...
by Michael Laplante | Aug 10, 2016 | Employment/Wrongful Dismissal
“Is there further recourse if I am terminated and my employment contract states that I am only entitled to receive termination notice according to the terms laid out by the Employment Standards Act?” The short answer is yes. Unless there is clear language in an...
by Michael Laplante | Jun 28, 2016 | Civil Litigation, Employment/Wrongful Dismissal, Real Estate
A recent court of appeal decision has addressed the issue of an employer’s duty to accommodate a disabled employee and the seldom-invoked remedy of reinstatement of the employee to her employment under the Ontario Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c.H.19 (the “Code”)....
by Michael Laplante | Oct 30, 2014 | Employment/Wrongful Dismissal, Slip & Fall
Many people carry long-term disability insurance coverage to protect themselves in the event that serious injuries prevent them from being able to return to work and earn an income on their own. If you’ve been injured in a car accident, slip and fall, or are affected...
by Patrick Sloan | Sep 12, 2011 | Employment/Wrongful Dismissal
In our practice, we have helped many clients who have come to us after losing their job with concerns about what to do next. Employment laws in Ontario have been put in place to help protect workers from being let go or fired from their jobs unfairly, or without...
by Patrick Sloan | May 11, 2011 | Employment/Wrongful Dismissal, Slip & Fall
Patrick Sloan joined Ferguson Barristers in 2008 and practices in wrongful dismissal and personal injury law focusing on product liability, slip and falls and motor vehicle accidents. In my practice in wrongful dismissal cases I have found that when a person...
by Michael Laplante | Mar 22, 2011 | Employment/Wrongful Dismissal
When you lose your job, it can be an emotionally charged and confusing time. Those who have been dismissed, fired, or permanently laid off from their job, have many questions about what is fair and reasonable under the circumstances especially around just cause for...