Many employment agreements include a clause allowing the employer to terminate the relationship "at any time." It sounds reasonable. After all, flexibility is essential in…
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Dentists are no strangers to precision. A crown that’s 99% finished is still incomplete—and unusable. The same unforgiving standard applies to your estate planning: almost…
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Letting an employee go is never easy, but the challenges don’t stop there. In wrongful dismissal cases, the employees often claim they weren’t given proper…
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Employment disputes are among the trickiest challenges dentists face as practice owners. A recent Nova Scotia Labour Board decision sheds light on a critical issue:…
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Every dentist has probably, at some point, been approached by family and friends to exchange dental services for something other than prompt payment. You know,…
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Imagine investing years into building a successful dental practice only to face legal battles over non-compete clauses. A recent Ontario Court of Appeals case sheds…
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What happens to the employees of small businesses when they are purchased or sold? In a 2024 Ontario Court of Appeal case, Manthadi v ASCO…
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If you are an employer in Ontario and have employment contracts with out-of-date termination language, then it is time to place 'new team contracts' at…
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In the case of Ong v Zielinski, 2023, a patient complained against a hygienist who refused to change dates so that the patient could take…
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Every now and then, a court case comes out that touches on things that could affect our dentist sellers. And here's one of them. It's…
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