Employer demanded that a fired employee sign a release before giving termination pay
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An Ontario company that apologized after withholding termination pay until a fired employee agreed to an enhanced severance offer, and then provided the proper amounts, still repudiated its employment contract, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ruled.