Employment Law
Sears Act: What you need to know
The Sears Act is legislation that would give employees the opportunity to receive more severance pay when their employer declares bankruptcy.
Sears Canada Employees Trying to Block Executive Bonus
Nearly 14,000 Sears Canada employees are trying to block executives from getting $7.6 million in bonuses after the workers were laid off…
770 CHQR – An Employee’s Rights When a Company Falls
What happens to employees when bankruptcy strikes? Chantel Goldsmith, Partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, talks about this topic in relation to Sears…
Lone Star staff fuming about new tip-sharing policy
Lone Star restaurants have a new tip sharing policy, but Lior Samfiru, Partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, discusses why the new policy…
Benefits Canada – Arbitrator highlights role of disability management process in ruling
An Alberta arbitrator has ruled against a company that fired a worker suspected of being dishonest about his condition. Find out why…
Law Times – Decision Confirms That Employers Cannot Give Working Notice to Employees Incapable of Working
An Ontario judge has ruled that a working notice period does not apply to an employee who is on disability leave. Read…
Working Notice: When Medical Leave Is In Play
A Superior Court decision favoured Samfiru Tumarkin LLP and our client in regards to working notice not counting when an employee is on…
580 CFRA – Sears Canada managers to get bonuses, employees get nothing
Senior Sears Canada staff and executives will still receive bonus pay while thousands of employees have been terminated without proper severance pay.
Toronto Star – Laid off Sears Canada workers include Mike Myers’ brother
It took less than one minute for nearly half of Sears Canada’s head office employees in Toronto to be let go before…