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 advises employees and employers throughout Markham on wrongful dismissal, severance, employment contracts, and workplace disputes, with practical, responsive representation.
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Employment Law in Markham
How we can help
Pelsmakher Law advises employees and employers in Markham 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
Markham's technology sector
Markham has long been a centre for technology and telecommunications employers in the Greater Toronto Area, alongside a significant manufacturing and professional services base. Technology-sector compensation often includes stock options, RSUs, or other incentive plans, and those components can materially change what an employee is owed when their employment ends.
Severance for tech and professional employees
When a Markham technology or professional employee is let go, the severance conversation often needs to go beyond salary. Unvested equity, commission structures, and non-competition or confidentiality provisions in the employment agreement all need to be reviewed together, since they interact with what reasonable notice actually looks like in dollar terms.
Why choose Pelsmakher Law?
Clients throughout Markham 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: Richmond Hill, Vaughan, Toronto, Aurora
Markham FAQs
Common questions from Markham clients.
Practical, Ontario-law guidance for employees and employers in Markham.
Possibly. Whether unvested equity is recoverable depends on the wording of your equity plan and employment agreement, and on how the courts have treated similar provisions. It's worth having both documents reviewed together.
Non-compete clauses are now largely prohibited in Ontario for most employees, with narrow exceptions. Non-solicitation and confidentiality clauses remain more commonly enforceable.
Yes, in most cases. Many severance offers, including in Markham, can be improved through negotiation before a release is signed.
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