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Payless Shoes declares bankruptcy
Payless Shoes is going into creditor protection and will likely close all of its stores. Will employees see any severance pay in…
900 CHML – Payless Shoes Bankruptcy, Sears Act and Severance Pay
Payless Shoes will soon be filing for creditor protection, ensuring that 2,400 employees across the country will find themselves without any severance…
Sun Life reinstates disability coverage after legal intervention – Global News
Sun Life Financial is restoring long-term disability coverage of a Samfiru Tumarkin client following a Global News report on a case the…
Metrolinx to ban workers from using pot on their own time
What rules are employers legally allowed to enforce where pot use outside of the workplace is concerned? Is this even legal?…
Dishwasher wins $28M case of Religious Discrimination
Employment lawyer Alex Lucifero on religious accommodations at work after a dishwasher was awarded $28M because she was made to work Sunday…
Curious Cast – Parkinson’s doesn’t have to be a career killer
Lior Samfiru joined the "When Life Gives You Parkinson's" podcast and discussed employment rights when suffering from an affliction or ailment.
900 CHML – Care home ordered to re-hire nurse who stole drugs, falsified records
An arbitrator has ordered a long-term care home to re-hire and financially compensate a nurse who was fired after stealing opiate drugs.
Hotel to pay dishwasher $21 million for working Sundays
A dishwasher that was fired from her job for missing work to attend church was awarded $21 million by a jury in…
Restaurants still ask job seekers to work unpaid trial shifts
People in the restaurant industry often refer to unpaid trial shifts as “stages". Many feel that the practice of using unpaid labour…