Fact Scenario: Offer Letter for Johan Smith

• Author: Lorna Cuthbert and Jennifer Fantini
• Pages: 207-207

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FactScenario

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LornaCuthbertandJenniferFantini*

Johan Smith an IT sales representative has recently left h is position

withAAATechnologyIncinordertopursueanewandmorelucrative

rolewith oneof AAAscompetitorsYourCommerceTechnologies Ltd

Johaniscollegeeducatedtwentyeightyearsoldandwellversedi nall

forms oftechnology includingsoc ialmedia Since hegraduated with

adegre ein technology applicationsand salesin Johan hasbee n

employedinsaleswithanumberofdierenttechnologycompaniesand

hasassembledarespectablelistofcontactswith intheindustry

YourCommerceis hiringJohan toexpand thesa lesofits products

billi ngandcommerce Appstot hemedicali ndustry inthe prov-

ince of Ontario The nature of YourCommercesbusines s is such that

it promotesma rketsdelivers and supports its products th rough ex-

tensiveuseof socialmediaincluding TwierFacebookLinkedInand

MySpaceItssalesrepresentativesspendmostoft heirtimeworkingre-

motelyortravellingtovisitclientsandpotentialclientsintheirterritory

asrequired

YourCommerceshumanresourcesmanagerhasprovidedyouwith

agenericoer leeremploymentagreementandhasaskedyoutocon-

siderhowitshouldb erevisedto reectthesocia lmediabasednat ure

ofitsbusiness

* LornaCuthbertisapa rtnerandheadoftheEmploymentLabou randPension

GroupofStikemanEll ioLLPTorontooceJenniferFantiniisapar tnerinthe

LabourandEmploymentLawGroupBordenLadnerGer vaisLLPandawriterof

numerousartic lesonemploymentlawtopicsAnannotatedre sponsetoherfact

scenarioisprov idedbyLornaCuthbertinthefollow ingchapter