Last week I explained the difference between penalty provisions and liquidated damages clauses. A liquidated damages clause can usually be enforced by an employer against an employee who does not abide their contractual agreement to give a certain amount of notice. Very often that question gets conflated with another question, which is whether the money …
Here’s a question I hear a lot: does an employee lose their holiday pay if they resign without proper notice? It seems like a question that should have an easy answer, but surprisingly it does not. Let’s assume the parties are in agreement as to what constitutes proper notice – usually this is set out …
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