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Laid off due to COVID?
How to address your layoff before time runs out
At the start of the pandemic in March 2020, and for several months after, no one knew what COVID-19 would bring. We…
Changing the rules of the workplace post-pandemic: 980 CKNW
Employment lawyer Lior Samfiru joined Mike Smythe on Radio 980 CKNW to discuss a changing workplace post-pandemic and changing COVID-19 regulations.
Employment lawyer on an employer’s decision to return to the office
Employment lawyer Alex Lucifero joins Global News to comment on returning to the office as health restrictions lift across the country.
Employee rights when employers remove vaccine mandates
Can you get your job back if your employer ends their COVID-19 vaccine mandate and no longer requires employees to get the…
Hydro One: Severance Packages
Laid off or lost your job at Hydro One? Learn about your employment rights in Canada and how to calculate your severance…
Can an employee work remotely due to rising gas prices?
An employment lawyer explores an employee's right to work from home as gas prices in Canada skyrocket due to global events.
Severance denied to GoodLife Fitness employees due to refusal to respond to email
Employment lawyer Jon Pinkus spoke to CTV News to discuss GoodLife Fitness instructors' inability to pursue severance by failing to respond to…
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.