Consider this: Your employer sits you down and hands you a termination letter. You’ve been fired. While you’re still processing the initial impact of job loss, they ask you to sign a release to receive the termination amounts outlined in the letter.
A release section is the most obvious indicator that it’s time to contact a lawyer.
Here’s why:
Releases are not enforceable for statutory payments only. Employers tend to pay only what’s required of them, and that amount does not consider:
🔹 What the employer owes you
🔹 What the courts would determine the employer owes you
🔹 Tax structuring and efficiencies
🔹 Ancillary claims such as reprisal, harassment, discrimination, or patterns in recent terminations
If you’re being asked to sign a release to receive termination amounts beyond what’s mandated by the Employment Standards Act (ESA), it raises questions about what terms are buried in the release.
A release section is an indication that closer examination of your termination is advisable.
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