Employment Law

GoodLife Fitness faces $60M class-action lawsuit over wages

November 17, 2016

Corporate gym chain GoodLife Fitness has “systematically failed” to accurately compensate thousands of employees across Ontario for their hours of work and overtime, according to a new $60 million class-action lawsuit.

The suit makes numerous allegations against the fitness giant with 166 locations across the province — including that its policies “fail to appropriately compensate” employees and create “an unlawful barrier to payment of overtime.”

Chuck Tahirali, Senior HR Consultant at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, joined hosts John Oakley and Tasha Kheiriddin, separately, on Global News Radio 640 Toronto to discuss the main issues at play in the class-action, and what employees can do if they feel that they are not being properly compensated for working overtime.

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Lior Samfiru

National Co-Managing Partner

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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