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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
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.
CBC News – Woman Shocked When GoodLife Fitness Said Workout Was Part of Interview
An Ontario woman was shocked when GoodLife Fitness told her a workout with her boss’s boss was part of the interview process…
Georgia man sues former boss after butt dial costs him his job
Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru, Partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, talks about employer and employee rights when you badmouth an employer on a…
CBC News – Air Canada Faces Complaints Over Sexual Harassment and Discrimination
Air Canada is facing complaints from their flight attendants, as they are claiming they are being sexually harassed and discriminated against by…
French Waiter Says He Was Fired for his ‘Direct, Honest’ Personality
A waiter in Vancouver was fired for being aggressive with his colleagues, says he’s not rude — he’s French. Does he have…
Law Times – The Countdown to Legalization: Marijuana and Employment Law
Lior Samfiru, Partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, explains how the looming legalization of recreational marijuana in Canada will affect employment law.