Can an employer unilaterally impose a cap on bonus payments where there has never been a cap?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Chapman v. Bank of Nova Scotia, 2007 CanLII 18732 (ON SC):

In Alpert v. Les Carreaux Ramca Ltee[10], the employer unilaterally imposed a cap on the bonus of the plaintiff where there had never been one previously.

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