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A Release is valid if signed by an employee who has only been paid statutory termination pay, in full compliance with the termination provisions in his employment contract and the Employment Standards Act.
An Employment Agreement is valid if signed when the employee arrives at the office for his or her first day of work.
The Ontario Human Rights Code now entitles religious minorities, who actively practice their religion, to additional paid days off on their recognized religious holidays in order that they may worship without discrimination in the same way as Christian employees do at Christmas and Easter.
Where there is a written agreement explicitly stipulating that a worker is an independent contractor, and where he or she is self-incorporated and has a valid HST number issued by the Canada Revenue Agency, then he or she is not an employee, and hence not subject to statutory deductions and not entitled to employee entitlements like vacation pay, overtime pay and severance pay.
A probationary employee can usually be terminated without notice or pay in lieu of notice if he is terminated at any time during his 6-month probationary period, and if this is explicitly stipulated in his employment agreement.
An employee who returns from pregnancy leave, or parental leave, can be put into a new job so long as that new job is comparable or better, in all key respects, to the job that he or she had before he or she left on leave.