This is a neat but odd little case. The case of Susan Gray, Applicant v. Springfield Hotels Airport Inc. concerned an application under section 116 of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“the Act”) for review of an Employment Standards Officer’s (“ESO’s”) decision not to issue an order to pay against the responding party employer (“the Employer”), in respect of a claim by the applicant for termination pay. The applicant hhad worked for the employer for more than 4 years. She was terminated in October 2007. She worked full time for the employer. In October of 2007 the applicant provided a
TO FINISH READING THIS ARTICLE PLEASE CLICK HERE →When I meet with some employers it boggles my mind that they can go through a rigourous hiring process and hire staff without knowing anything abotu the Ontario employment standards act. They tender for resumes, they interview, they funnel the candidates down, they hire a candidate and then they spend money on a contract that everyone executes. What I never understand is how employers easily invite so many labour complaints and employment standard act orders and civil law suits because they do not adhere to the bare minimums. The ESA is piece of legislation specifically designed to establish BARE MINIMUMS
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