Employment Law
Concerns About Severance Offers for Fired Postmedia & Torstar Employees
With Postmedia and Torstar slated to close down some local newspapers, employment lawyer David Vaughan talks about inadequate severance offers.
Postmedia and Torstar Layoffs | Severance Packages
Postmedia and Torstar have traded 41 local community newspapers with most to be shut down permanently. Learn about severance pay rights for the…
Bill 148 – Fair Workplaces Better Jobs Act 2017
Read our article for an overview of some of the significant Employment Standards Act changes that were passed in the Fair Workplaces…
Lindsay Shepherd, Laurier & Legalities of Recording Meetings
Lior Samfiru, Partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, discusses what the law says about recording coworkers in meetings, in light of the Lindsay…
Bill 148 and the ESA – More Than Minimum Wage
Here's an overview of some of the other more significant changes coming to the ESA in Ontario, including the minimum wage increase.
640 Toronto – Does Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act Go Far Enough?
Samfiru Tumarkin LLP Employment Lawyer Jon Pinkus discusses the changes affecting both employers and employees in Bill 148 Fair Workplaces/Better Jobs Act.
980 CFPL – Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs, Little Impact
Ontario’s “Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act” may have little impact on certain areas of employment law according to Samfiru Tumarkin LLP's Jon…
Bell customers, employees flood CBC with complaints about high-pressure sales
Bell Canada customers and employees are speaking out in the wake of a CBC investigation into customer upselling at Canada’s biggest telecom.
Bell Employee’s Rights When Faced with Troubling Work Expectations
Lior Samfiru, Partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, talks about companies that emphasize customer upselling open themselves up to Constructive Dismissal claims.