By Frank Portman (February 7, 2024, 8:59 AM EST) -- In the landmark 2020 employment case, Waksdale v. Swegon North America Inc. [2019] O.J. No. 5021, a short-service employee was dismissed without cause. The provision in his employment contract that stipulated the conditions under which the employee could be terminated “for cause” without any compensation went beyond the circumstances in the Employment Standards Act (ESA), 2000, and disentitled the employee to termination and severance pay in some circumstances which the ESA required an employee be paid....