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On Saturday, March 28, 2015, Future Shop employees went to work to have their quarterly meeting. Or so they thought. In actuality, employees learned that Future Shop had closed its doors forever. Employees were told that Friday was their last day of employment at Future Shop.

About 1,500 Future Shop jobs were lost across Canada – 500 full-time and 1,000 part-time. But not all Future Shop employees are out of luck.

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Severance for Best Buy employees

Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru, of Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, is assisting many Future Shop employees get a fair severance. He explains why statements by Best Buy (who owned and recently closed the electronics chain) are quite misleading.

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Toronto employment lawyer Lior Samfiru, co-founding partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, the employment lawyer.

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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