Hudson’s Bay accused of shorting employees’ severance pay – Global News
Partner Lior Samfiru is alleging that the Hudson’s Bay Company short-changed more than 90 employees on severance benefits, one day after the retailer asked the workers to accept a 25 per cent pay cut as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
“HBC is seeking to avoid paying fair severance packages that are legally owed to these individuals during these difficult times,” Lior Samfiru, co-founding employment lawyer at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, told Global News investigative reporter Sean O’Shea.
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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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