Employment Law
Layoff vs. Termination: What’s the Difference?
Layoffs occur during certain seasons or when work is scarce. The employee expects to return to work at some point. A termination…
Former Freshii employee says she was fired because of hearing impairment
After two days of training, an employee at a Freshii was fired because of her hearing impairment. What are the employee's rights…
Remembrance Day as a Statutory Holiday?: Employment Law Today Interview
Recent changes to Canada’s Holidays Act could alter the way employers observe Remembrance Day. How would this change effect Canadian employers?…
Woman Who Flipped Off Trump’s Motorcade Is Suing Her Former Employer
A cyclist, who was "fired" after giving Donald Trump the middle finger, is suing her former employer. What are the employer’s rights…
Severance Pay for Long-Term Employees: Your Employment Rights
Alex Lucifero, Managing Associate at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP in Ottawa, discusses employment rights and severance pay for long-term employees.
Ontario Court Decision Favouring Uber Threatens Workplace Rights
The Ontario Superior Court ruled that an Uber employees dispute can be arbitrated in the Netherlands, does not breach Ontario's Employment Standards…
Ontario Court Decision Favouring Uber Threatens Workplace Rights
An Ontario judge has ruled that Uber drivers who want to take their employer to court will have to go to the…
580 CFRA – Uber court ruling exposes dangerous loophole, critics say
Lior Samfiru, Founding Partner of Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, discusses a ruling where Uber drivers must go to the Netherlands to fight their…
Uber Decision: Labour Law Loophole Could be “the Death of Employment Law”
If you’re an Uber driver and want to fight your employer, you’d have to go to the Netherlands to do it.