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Telus buys LifeWorks in $2.9 billion deal, telus, lifeworks, new employment contract
Employment Law June 22nd, 2022

Telus buys LifeWorks for $2.9 billion: Employee rights

By Lior Samfiru

Telus Corporation has signed a deal to acquire Lifeworks for $2.9 billion. Find out what your employee rights are in this situation.

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mogo, severance pay
Employment Law June 22nd, 2022

Mogo: Severance Packages

By Lior Samfiru

Laid off or lost your job at Mogo? Learn about your employment rights in Canada and how to calculate your severance pay.

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scotiabank pay raise, cibc pay raise
Employment Law June 22nd, 2022

CIBC, Scotiabank raise base pay for most employees

By Lior Samfiru

Scotiabank and CIBC are raising base pay for most employees to match similar moves by RBC, BMO and TD.

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metrolinx, vaccine mandate, metrolinx vaccine mandate
COVID June 21st, 2022

Metrolinx employees launch $2 million in claims over vaccine mandate, unpaid leave

By Stan Fainzilberg

Samfiru Tumarkin LLP is representing Metrolinx employees in lawsuits totalling over $2 million due to their employers' vaccine mandate.

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Tesla sued, tesla lawsuit, mass layoff
Employment Law June 21st, 2022

Tesla sued by former employees over mass layoff, denied pay

By Lior Samfiru

Two former Tesla employees filed a lawsuit against the electric car company after Elon Musk laid off hundreds of workers on short…

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hybrid, work from home, hybrid work model
Employment Law June 21st, 2022

Canadian companies with hybrid work models

By Lior Samfiru

Some well-known Canadian companies have made varying announcements about hybrid work arrangements for their employees.

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Headshot of employment lawyer Lior Samfiru to the left of the Global News logo, which hovers above a dark blue band across the bottom of the image bearing the Samfiru Tumarkin LLP logo.
COVID June 20th, 2022

Work: What’s Next | Lifting of federal vaccine mandates

By Lior Samfiru

Employment lawyer Lior Samfiru joins Global News for Work What's Next to discuss the lifting of federal vaccine mandates.

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spacex, spacex fires employees
Employment Law June 18th, 2022

SpaceX fires employees who criticized CEO Elon Musk: Reports

By Lior Samfiru

SpaceX has fired numerous employees who published an open letter criticizing CEO Elon Musk, according to multiple reports.

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Alex-Lucifero
COVID June 16th, 2022

Impact of COVID-19 restrictions lifting on employees across Ontario

By Alex C. Lucifero

Employment lawyer Alex Lucifero joins CTV News Ottawa with Matt Skube to discuss vaccine mandates lifting for federal employees and employee rights.

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