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David Harris

Employment Law and Workplace Human Rights Mediator

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Equity Derivative Plans & Wrongful Dismissal – Alberta

  • Post author:dqh
  • Post published:August 15, 2025

The cases in Alberta have taken an opposite view of the issue of equity derivative plans in an employment context. In brief summary, the Ontario cases have first examined the…

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Ontario – RSU – A Review of Wigdor v Facebook – Not Applicable to Alberta

  • Post author:dqh
  • Post published:August 4, 2025

Reasons-Wigdor-v-Facebook-Canada-Ltd-et-al-July-8-2025  The recent Ontario decision of Wigdor v Facebook has raised the issue of the ESA protections for the statutory notice period for equity derivative plans. In this instance, it…

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