Think You Have a Claim?

As we enter a Post-Covid workplace, many people are facing substantial changes in how they are expected to provide employment services to prospective employers, or even with current employers. Many people are facing new demands and expectations on how their work from home and/or office are to be provided. And with these changes, many people that have been with their companies for many years are being faced with looking at employment contracts that their employers want them to sign to continue working for them. There are a number of potential issues and concerns that can come up for people when they are being asked to sign employment contracts, or revised employment contracts. If you are being asked to sign one, please contact Kevin McGuigan and he can provide consultation and assessment of the contract terms for you.

If you are being terminated by your employer, often people are presented with an offer that is coming from a lawyer or the legal services department of their employer. The offer often contains a demand that a release be signed to settle and there is usually a short timeline to do so. Please contact Kevin McGuigan if you have been terminated and he can help you assess the termination letter and your options.

Sometimes people find that their job has changed from what they originally had. It could be that with other people being laid off, you are now doing the work of 3 people. Or new work demands are being placed upon you that are not consistent with your original agreements and scope of work. If you are in a position that you feel like you are not able to continue to do the job because your employer has changed its expectations, please contact Kevin McGuigan and he can help you assess your options.

Kevin McGuigan has over 30 years legal experience and in that time, has settled many claims for employees that have been unfairly and improperly treated at the time of termination. Kevin McGuigan has helped many senior executives, officers, and directors of various public and private corporations negotiate reasonable compensation settlements when they are terminated without just cause. And helped employees address improper terminations where cause was alleged but not justified. Terms of settlements negotiated are not able to be disclosed, but all clients that have used our firm have been very pleased with how their settlements have been structured to their benefit. Kevin McGuigan was lead counsel in the successful claim advanced by the Plaintiff in Soost v. Merrill Lynch Canada (Read about it in this Globe & Mail article if you’re interested). After a trial of several weeks, the decision rendered in this case has been a leading precedent in employment law for the last decade and has been relied upon in many other court cases and negotiated settlements of claims. This decision has helped many senior executives ensure they are properly compensated when they are terminated without cause.

Kevin McGuigan has helped a number of financial advisors in dealing with termination packages and the issue of dealing with their clients. Kevin McGuigan has also helped people negotiate structured buyouts and structured settlements when the termination requires assets to be divided and split as part of the termination. Kevin McGuigan has the competency to make sure this is done properly.