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Employment Law July 20th, 2022

Severance Pay in a Recession

By Lior Samfiru

Fired or lost your job during a recession? Learn about your rights to severance and how our employment lawyers can help.

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Employment Law July 20th, 2022

Employment lawyer on Vancouver Park Board’s toxic workplace

By Dan Balkaran

Employment lawyer Dan Balkaran joins Jill Benett on 980 CKNW to discuss the allegations made against the Vancouver Park Board regarding harassment…

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Vancouver Park Board, toxic workplace
Employment Law July 20th, 2022

Vancouver Park Board accused of racism and toxic workplace culture

By Lior Samfiru

Emotions ran high at a Vancouver Park Board meeting after an employee accused the board of engaging in racism and workplace harassment.

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Employment Law July 16th, 2022

Maple Leaf Foods: Severance Packages

By Lior Samfiru

Laid off or lost your job at Maple Leaf Foods? Learn about your employment rights in Canada and how to calculate your…

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COVID July 14th, 2022

Could Canada adopt work-from-home policy like the Netherlands?: Global BC

By Lior Samfiru

An employment lawyer spoke to Global News BC on the possibility of work-from-home legislation in Canada.

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Employment Law July 12th, 2022

Bird Construction: Severance Packages

By Lior Samfiru

Laid off or lost your job at Bird Construction? Learn about your employment rights in Canada and how to calculate your severance…

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Employment Law July 12th, 2022

Bora Pharmaceuticals: Severance Packages

By Lior Samfiru

Laid off or lost your job at Bora Pharmaceuticals? Learn about your employment rights in Canada and how to calculate your severance…

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Employment Law July 8th, 2022

Employee rights when dealing with service provider outages

By Lior Samfiru

Learn about your rights as an employee if you are affected by a service outage following the Rogers phone and internet outage.

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Gavel Employment Law Court Cases

Jury awards $1.5M to stroke sufferer after LTD claim denial

By Sivan Tumarkin

Sara Baker was awarded $1.5 million in damages after Blue Cross refused to pay LTD benefits for six years, and spied on…

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