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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…
Ontario court awards employee 24 months of severance, employer required to pay additional $28,000
Ontario court awards employee 24 months of severance. Employer required to pay additional $28,000 in costs.
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.
Toronto employment lawyer on negotiating a return to the office
Employment lawyer Fiona Martyn joins Kelly Cutrara on 640 Toronto to discuss returning to the office and employee rights if they wish…
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.
Sikh security guards dismissed over facial hair, now being reinstated by the City of Toronto
Over 100 Sikh security guards were dismissed from their jobs as a result of their facial hair. Read more to learn about…
Employment lawyer Stan Fainzilberg talks Metrolinx unvaccinated employees
Employment lawyer Stan Fainzilberg spoke with Toronto Life Magazine regarding Metrolinx employees' wrongful dismissal suits.