It is a good practice for employers to have employees sign a full and final release when their employment is terminated in order to avoid future law suits arising from the employment relationship. Recent cases of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario illustrate a trend in the jurisprudence toward dismissing human rights applications by employees who have signed a release. Read about these decisions and tips to make your release enforceable in our latest update
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