Lior Samfiru on HBC layoffs and severance pay
On Friday, Jan. 29 2021, Hudson’s Bay Company announced that it was terminating the employment of over 600 employees across Canada amid ongoing store closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lior Samfiru, an employment lawyer in Toronto and partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, joined Kelly Cutrara on Global News Radio 640 Toronto to talk about severance pay for the HBC employees that have contacted his firm, the inadequate severance packages they have been offered, and the fact that the workers have been wrongfully dismissed.
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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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