Coronavirus: What to know if you’ve been laid off – Global News
“Employment lawyers continue to apply during the pandemic,” employment lawyer Lior Samfiru writes on GlobalNews.ca. “While employers have to make difficult decisions with respect to their staffing requirements, such decisions may have significant legal consequences, giving employees the right to seek compensation.”
Lior examines the legal principles employers and employees must be aware of when it comes to layoffs and inability to work.
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Lior Samfiru
Lior Samfiru is a Founding Partner of Samfiru Tumarkin LLP and Practice Leader for the firm's Labour & Employment Law Group. His experience in countless successful cases and mediations on behalf of employees and employers, as well as his continued advocacy for the rights of workers, makes him one of the most skilled and sought-after labour and employment lawyers in Canada.
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