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Severance Pay in a Recession
Fired or lost your job during a recession? Learn about your rights to severance and how our employment lawyers can help.
Employment lawyer on Vancouver Park Board’s toxic workplace
Employment lawyer Dan Balkaran joins Jill Benett on 980 CKNW to discuss the allegations made against the Vancouver Park Board regarding harassment…
Vancouver Park Board accused of racism and toxic workplace culture
Emotions ran high at a Vancouver Park Board meeting after an employee accused the board of engaging in racism and workplace harassment.
Maple Leaf Foods: Severance Packages
Laid off or lost your job at Maple Leaf Foods? Learn about your employment rights in Canada and how to calculate your…
Could Canada adopt work-from-home policy like the Netherlands?: Global BC
An employment lawyer spoke to Global News BC on the possibility of work-from-home legislation in Canada.
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…
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.
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…