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Disgruntled Employee
Employment Law April 13th, 2017

Disgruntled Employees: Post-Employment Legal Obligations

By Stan Fainzilberg

Find out what legal obligations that both an employer and employee have once an employee has been terminated by reading this article.

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Gavel Employment Law Court Cases
Employment Law April 11th, 2017

Fillmore v. Hercules: Refusal to Accept New Offer is Not a Failure to Mitigate

By Lior Samfiru

Samfiru Tumarkin LLP wins their appeal concerning an employee who refused to accept an new offer from his employer.

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Elderly Employee
Employment Law April 3rd, 2017

The Increasing Costs of Terminating Older Employees

By Jon Pinkus

The older an employee is, and the longer they have spent in a company’s employ, the more severance they will be entitled…

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CIBC Store Front
Employment Law March 31st, 2017

CIBC workers laid off, expected to help with training replacements – Global News

By Chris Justice

Can an employer force an employee to train the person who will soon be replacing them? That is exactly what is happening…

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Glasses resting on contract
Employment Law March 9th, 2017

Fixed-Term Contracts: Pros and Cons

By Lior Samfiru

A growing number of employees are being hired to fixed-term contracts as opposed to indefinite-term contracts of employment. Read more to find…

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Lior Samfiru, Toronto Star
Employment Law January 24th, 2017

Proposed Ontario class-action claims Uber drivers are employees not contractors

By Lior Samfiru

A proposed class-action lawsuit by Samfiru Tumarkin LLP on behalf of an Uber delivery driver is fighting to say that Uber drivers…

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Uber Class Action Lawsuit
Employment Law January 23rd, 2017

National Post – Uber drivers are employees, not contractors, Canadian lawsuit argues

By Lior Samfiru

An ongoing dispute between Uber Technologies Inc. and its drivers has reached Canada, in regards to how Uber drivers are classified.

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Lior on Mcarthur Uber Class Action
Employment Law January 20th, 2017

Global News – Uber Facing a Massive, $200-million Class-Action Lawsuit

By Lior Samfiru

Employment lawyer Lior Samfiru discusses why he is representing Uber driver David Heller in a $200 million class-action lawsuit launched against Uber.

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Change Jar
Employment Law January 13th, 2017

The Long Term Pain of “Paying Under the Table”

By Lior Samfiru

Paying someone "under the table" is illegal. When it is proposed, the participants are not aware of, or simply not thinking about,…

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