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Employment Law July 12th, 2022

Bird Construction: Severance Packages

By Lior Samfiru

Laid off or lost your job at Bird Construction? Learn about your employment rights in Canada and how to calculate your severance…

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Employment Law July 12th, 2022

Bora Pharmaceuticals: Severance Packages

By Lior Samfiru

Laid off or lost your job at Bora Pharmaceuticals? Learn about your employment rights in Canada and how to calculate your severance…

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Gavel Employment Law Court Cases
Employment Law July 11th, 2022

“60 days or more”: Is it an enforceable termination clause?

By Lior Samfiru

Can your employer limit your right to common law notice? What makes a termination clause unenforceable? Read more to find out.

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Employment Law July 8th, 2022

Employee rights when dealing with service provider outages

By Lior Samfiru

Learn about your rights as an employee if you are affected by a service outage following the Rogers phone and internet outage.

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Employment Law July 7th, 2022

Employer found liable to pay employee severance after shutting down one business to open another

By Karen Tereposky

Read more to discover why this Alberta employer was liable for paying its employee severance after closing the business.

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Employment Law July 2nd, 2022

Recruiter awarded $50k, lost wages after sexual harassment by HR manager

By Lior Samfiru

An employee is awarded $50,000 in general damages and 11 weeks of lost wages after filing a complaint for sexual harassment and…

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Employment Law June 30th, 2022

IBM announces innovation centre, jobs in Calgary

By Lluc Cerda

IBM will open a Client Innovation Centre for Western Canada in Calgary. Learn about employment contracts and severance packages.

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COVID June 29th, 2022

Ottawa employment lawyer on recourse for employees placed on a layoff

By Lior Samfiru

An employment lawyer spoke with Nerd Wallet's Shannon Terrell to discuss layoffs and employee options.

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Employment Law June 28th, 2022

Do I get severance if I quit?

By Lior Samfiru

A Canadian employment lawyer explains whether or not an employee is entitled to severance pay when they quit their job.

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