Wrongful Dismissal
Let go without proper notice or cause? We assess your severance entitlements and negotiate the package you're actually owed.
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Pelsmakher Law provides employment law advice to employees and employers in Ajax, on wrongful dismissal, severance, and workplace disputes.
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Employment Law in Ajax
How we can help
Pelsmakher Law advises employees and employers in Ajax regarding:
- Wrongful dismissal
- Severance package reviews
- Constructive dismissal
- Employment contract review and drafting
- Executive employment agreements
- Human rights and workplace harassment
- Disability accommodation
- Temporary layoffs
- Just cause dismissals
- Independent contractor disputes
- Bonus and commission disputes
- Workplace investigations
- Employer workplace policies
- Employment Standards Act compliance
A growing commuter community in Durham Region
Ajax has grown into a significant residential and commercial community within Durham Region, with a workforce spread across healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and professional services, and many residents commuting to Toronto or nearby Durham employers. Whether your employer is based in Ajax or elsewhere along the corridor, the same core Employment Standards Act and common law protections apply.
What a fair severance offer looks like
Employers often anchor a severance offer to the Employment Standards Act minimum, a formula based on years of service capped at 8 weeks' notice, which understates what most non-unionized Ajax employees are actually entitled to under the common law. We review severance offers, explain what's really owed, and negotiate before a release is signed.
Why choose Pelsmakher Law?
Clients throughout Ajax choose Pelsmakher Law because we provide focused employment law representation, responsive communication, strategic negotiation, and practical, transparent advice, with secure virtual consultations so you don't need to travel for experienced legal help. Learn more about the firm or read our employment law blog.
Also serving nearby areas: Whitby, Pickering, Oshawa, Toronto
Ajax FAQs
Common questions from Ajax clients.
Practical, Ontario-law guidance for employees and employers in Ajax.
Usually not. The statutory minimum is a floor, not a fair estimate of your common law entitlement.
No. Your rights depend on your employer and the nature of your work, not on where you live or commute from.
Yes, and it is the best time to do so. Once you sign a release, you generally give up the right to pursue anything more.
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