Employment contracts and DIY: Don’t | Stuart Rudner

By Stuart Rudner (July 20, 2023, 1:19 PM EDT) -- Over my near 25 years of practising employment law, one truth has remained constant: employers should utilize employment agreements with enforceable termination clauses for all employees. By doing so, they can effectively control severance costs and ultimately reduce labour expenses. However, recent legal trends have seen termination clauses subject to increased scrutiny, leading to potential invalidation and significant post-termination compensation awards....