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Bird Construction: Severance Packages
Laid off or lost your job at Bird Construction? Learn about your employment rights in Canada and how to calculate your severance…
Bora Pharmaceuticals: Severance Packages
Laid off or lost your job at Bora Pharmaceuticals? Learn about your employment rights in Canada and how to calculate your severance…
“60 days or more”: Is it an enforceable termination clause?
Can your employer limit your right to common law notice? What makes a termination clause unenforceable? Read more to find out.
Employee rights when dealing with service provider outages
Learn about your rights as an employee if you are affected by a service outage following the Rogers phone and internet outage.
Employer found liable to pay employee severance after shutting down one business to open another
Read more to discover why this Alberta employer was liable for paying its employee severance after closing the business.
Jury awards $1.5M to stroke sufferer after LTD claim denial
Sara Baker was awarded $1.5 million in damages after Blue Cross refused to pay LTD benefits for six years, and spied on…
Recruiter awarded $50k, lost wages after sexual harassment by HR manager
An employee is awarded $50,000 in general damages and 11 weeks of lost wages after filing a complaint for sexual harassment and…
IBM announces innovation centre, jobs in Calgary
IBM will open a Client Innovation Centre for Western Canada in Calgary. Learn about employment contracts and severance packages.
Ottawa employment lawyer on recourse for employees placed on a layoff
An employment lawyer spoke with Nerd Wallet's Shannon Terrell to discuss layoffs and employee options.