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Employment lawyer on wrongful dismissals and challenging vaccine requirements
Employment lawyer Chantel Goldsmith speaks to SHRM on employee rights and the challenges of employer's imposing vaccine mandates at work.
Lior Samfiru on employers removing vaccine policies at work
Employment lawyer Lior Samfiru spoke to the Globe and Mail's Vanmala Subramaniam regarding employers removing vaccine policies at the workplace.
Employers can’t claim unsubstantiated resignation to avoid paying severance
First Choice Collision Ltd. v. Talbot First Choice Collision Ltd. v Talbot confirms that for a resignation to…
Employee rights and hybrid work arrangements
Hybrid work arrangements are becoming the norm for due to COVID-19. What rights to employees have if they return to work in…
B.C. lifts work mask mandates, employee rights: Lawyer on CHEK
A Vancouver employment lawyer at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP spoke with CHEK news regarding employee safety concerns and mask mandates.
Vancouver employment lawyer on BC Mask Mandate Lift: 980 CKNW
A Vancouver employment lawyer joined Jill Bennett on Global News Radio 980 CKNW to discuss the lifting of restrictions and workplace safety.
Severance rights set to expire for workers still on March 2020 layoffs
Thousands of Canadians still sitting on temporary layoffs since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 are running out of…
Toronto employment lawyer on GoodLife Fitness employee entitlements
Employment lawyer Fiona Martyn spoke with Sarah Dobson at Canadian HR Reporter on the recent round of GoodLife Fitness terminations.
‘Illegal’: Employment lawyer reacts to firing of 500 GoodLife Fitness trainers
Employment lawyer Jon Pinkus calls GoodLife Fitness' alleged decision to define terminations as resignations "illegal", and says severance is owed.