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ARTICLE · 09 JANUARY 2019

Employers: Consider These Sample New Year's Resolutions

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With the start of a new year comes the opportunity to reflect on your business's labour relations and start tackling those items on your "to-do" list.

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With the start of a new year comes the opportunity to reflect on your business's labour relations and start tackling those items on your "to-do" list. Here are three sample New Year's resolutions that may benefit your business:

1. Revise your template employment contract, if necessary

One of the most important clauses in every employment contract is the termination clause. A well-drafted and enforceable termination clause can be the difference between providing terminated employees with several weeks' compensation and several months' (or years') compensation. As we discussed in a previous blog, several recent Ontario court decisions have clarified some of the differences between enforceable and unenforceable termination clauses. It may be a good time to look at your business's template employment contract to consider whether your termination clause is enforceable.

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