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Severance packages in mass layoffs
Employees and senior executives are owed full severance pay when they lose their jobs due to downsizing or corporate restructuring.
MAC Cosmetics: Severance Packages
Laid off or lost your job at MAC Cosmetics? Learn about your employment rights in Canada and how to calculate your severance…
Sick Notes in Alberta: Rights for employees
Workers in Alberta have a right to privacy regarding their medical information, but employers can ask for a sick note in some…
Freshii: Severance Packages
Laid off or lost your job at Freshii? Learn about your employment rights in Canada and how to calculate your severance pay.
Pomerleau: Severance Packages
Laid off or lost your job at Pomerleau? Learn about your employment rights in Canada and how to calculate your severance pay.
Alberta court denies Loblaw employee severance, did not comply with mask mandate
The Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench found that a Loblaw employee was not constructively dismissed after being put on unpaid leave for…
West Fraser cutting 147 jobs, reducing production and B.C. mill shifts
147 jobs are on the chopping block at West Fraser as the wood products company reduces production by cutting a shift at…
West Fraser: Severance Packages
Laid off or lost your job at West Fraser? Learn about your employment rights in Canada and how to calculate your severance…
Hootsuite cutting 30% of workers amid flurry of tech layoffs
Hootsuite is cutting its staff by 30 per cent as significant layoffs continue to sweep across the Canadian tech sector.