Court award is a warning to employers to beware of independent & dependent contractors

By Colin Perkel
HR Reporter

Court awards terminated 'dependent' contractors $125,000 in lieu of notice.

Ontario's top court has shut down another attempt by a kitchen company to get out of paying severance to two workers it alleged were contractors, not employees. In its decision Wednesday, the Appeal Court agreed that Canac Kitchens owed Marilyn and Lawrence Keenan $125,000 in lieu of 26 months notice. Read More...