An Ontario municipality must pay a worker more than $150,000 after firing her two months into a two-year fixed-term contract without an enforceable termination provision, an Ontario court has ruled.
“There’s almost no legitimate reason why an employer would use a fixed-term contract,” says Barry Fisher of Barry Fisher Arbitration and Mediation in Toronto. “It’s not hard to make an enforceable contract, but again and again employers try to limit it [too much].”
The worker was hired in October 2021 by the Corporation of the Township of Ignace near Kenora, Ont. Three months later, she was assigned to the position of youth engagement co-ordinator.
