COVID-19: Refusing unsafe work during reopening – Citytv
If you’re one of the employees being called back to work during the coronavirus pandemic, can you refuse to return if you still feel uneasy?
Lior Samfiru is a Toronto employment lawyer and partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP. He joined CityNews reporter Tammie Sutherland on Breakfast Television to explain the rights that employees have as Toronto continues to reopen amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.
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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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