{"id":46322,"date":"2018-07-19T19:26:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T23:26:22","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-05-01T16:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T20:25:45","slug":"what-if-i-signed-employment-contract-says-how-much-notice-i-get","status":"publish","type":"publications-page","link":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications-page\/what-if-i-signed-employment-contract-says-how-much-notice-i-get","title":{"rendered":"What if I have an employment contract?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes employers try to limit the amount of notice you can get by putting an amount in your employment contract.<\/p>\n<p>If the amount of notice in the contract <strong>could be less<\/strong> than the minimum notice in the ESA, a court will not apply the contract.<\/p>\n<p>There are other reasons why a court might order your employer to give you more than the minimum notice, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the contract is not clear<\/li>\n<li>your employer forced you to sign the contract<\/li>\n<li>your employer tricked you into signing the contract<\/li>\n<li>the notice under the contract is extremely unfair<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"box-teal\">\n<p><strong>Get legal advice<\/strong> to find out how much notice your employer should give you. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications\/beenfired\/where-can-i-find-out-more-and-get-legal-help-1\">Where can I get help and information?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-46322","publications-page","type-publications-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What if I have an employment contract? - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications-page\/what-if-i-signed-employment-contract-says-how-much-notice-i-get\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What if I have an employment contract? - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sometimes employers try to limit the amount of notice you can get by putting an amount in your employment contract. 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