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When drafting an employment agreement it is important to include a forum selection clause where the parties agree to the appropriate jurisdiction for hearing any dispute between them.  These provisions, while not critical in every case, can prove tremendously valuable where it is not clear which of two jurisdictions is appropriate for hearing the dispute. [...]

Whether Ontario courts have jurisdiction to entertain a claim is an issue that comes up from time to time in employment law even when the employee and employer agree in their written contract that Ontario law applies to the contract. I’ve written about this in 2004 at my blog (Thoughts from a Management Lawyer at [...]