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ScottsMiracle-Gro: Severance Packages
Laid off or lost your job at ScottsMiracle-Gro? Learn about your employment rights in Canada and how to calculate your severance pay.
Montreal tech startup RenoRun laying off 43% of staff amid market uncertainty
The reduction at RenoRun comes after the Canadian tech company cut 12 per cent of its workforce in August.
Chubb: Severance Packages
Laid off or fired by Chubb? Learn about your rights to severance in Canada and how our experienced employment lawyers can help.
Pandemic travel insurance lawsuit with TD settles
Samfiru Tumarkin LLP offers insight to the Globe and Mail regarding the TD Insurance class-action settlement.
Canadian Trucking Alliance calling for immediate government action against ‘Driver Inc.’
The CTA has launched a massive campaign, renewing its call for the federal government to put an end to "Driver Inc."…
Can employers in Alberta force staff to relocate?
Is your employer in Alberta forcing you to relocate? Learn about your rights to severance and how our employment lawyers can help.
Mass Layoffs in Alberta: Rights to Severance
Employers in Alberta must take extra steps when letting go of 50 or more workers at the same workplace.
Appeal Win: Pipefitter awarded CPPD benefits with retroactive pay
Samfiru Tumarkin LLP successfully secured Canada Pension Plan Disability benefits for a 50-year-old pipefitter after his claim was denied.
Canadian researchers using blood to diagnose long COVID
Scientists at Lawson Health Research Institute are developing a first-of-its-kind blood test to help physicians determine if patients have long COVID.