Taman Singh Law

  Most Oakville employees assume the number on their termination letter covers everything they are owed. It rarely does. Here is what Ontario law actually separates out and why it matters. There is a detail buried in almost every termination package that most employees never catch. The letter might say "severance" at the top. The number might look reasonable enough. But what it rarely tells you is whether that amount includes your termination pay, your ESA severance entitlement, or both and whether either one reflects what you are actually owed under Ontario law. The terminology sounds like it should be interchangeable. It is not. Termination pay and severance pay are two separate legal entitlements under the Employment Standards Act . They have different eligibility rules, different calculations, and different caps. Combining them under one vague number or leaving one out entirely is one of the most common ways Oakville employees end up short. Understanding the differenc...

Most employees in Oakville sign their severance offer without getting a second opinion. A lot of them later wish they had not. Here is what Ontario law actually gives you. There is a moment most fired employees share. You are called into an office, or you open your laptop to an email, and someone hands you a package. There might be a deadline attached. It is described as "standard" or "what we do for everyone". And underneath the polished HR language, the message is pretty clear: this is your number, take it or leave it. Here is what they do not tell you: that number is almost always the floor, not the ceiling. Some employers do offer fair packages. But the gap between what gets handed to an Oakville employee on their last day and what they are genuinely owed under Ontario law can be significant, sometimes months of additional pay. The people who walk away short are not less deserving. They just signed before anyone told them the full picture.  What "Wrongful D...