Employment Law

Corus – CBS Executive Fired For Cause Over Las Vegas Comment

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CBS has fired a top legal executive after she commented on Facebook that she was “not even sympathetic” for the victims of the shooting at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas on Sunday, October 1st.

Did her online comments justify a ‘just cause’ termination? Chantel Goldsmith, partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, joined the Roy Green Show, where the Toronto Employment Lawyer explained how a “for cause” termination works when social media is involved.

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