How to exit a senior executive without the legal fallout, lawyers say at HRFest Canada 2026
Key points
- Termination fundamentals are unchanged, but the landscape has shifted
- In Ontario and British Columbia, termination packages are routinely reviewed by employee counsel
- Demand letters often raise bad-faith claims
At HRFest Canada 2026, Miller Thomson lawyers Claudia Desjardins-Bélisle and David Tsai said termination fundamentals are unchanged but the landscape has shifted. Tsai said that in Ontario and British Columbia, packages are routinely reviewed by employee counsel and demand letters raise bad-faith claims. He advised documenting business reasons in writing beforehand.
What employers should do
- Document business reasons for executive exits in writing beforehand
- Design termination packages with employee counsel review and bad-faith claims in mind
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