Does an indefinite term employment contract require the employer to give reasonable notice of an intention to terminate the contract?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Pascua v Khul-Schachter, 2013 CanLII 47860 (ON SCSM):
46. It is well established in jurisprudence that “employment contracts for an indefinite period require the employer, absent express contractual language to the contrary, to give reasonable notice of an intention to terminate the contract if the dismissal is without cause”. (See paragraph 19, Machtinger v. HOJ Industries Ltd., 1992 CanLII 102 (SCC), [1992] 1 SCR 986).
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