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Remembrance Day as a Statutory Holiday?: Employment Law Today Interview
Recent changes to Canada’s Holidays Act could alter the way employers observe Remembrance Day. How would this change effect Canadian employers?…
Woman Who Flipped Off Trump’s Motorcade Is Suing Her Former Employer
A cyclist, who was "fired" after giving Donald Trump the middle finger, is suing her former employer. What are the employer’s rights…
Fired for being too French? Not So Fast: CBC News
A waiter in Vancouver who lost his job for being rude and aggressive, claims he was actually fired for being too French.
Severance Pay for Long-Term Employees: Your Employment Rights
Alex Lucifero, Managing Associate at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP in Ottawa, discusses employment rights and severance pay for long-term employees.
Ontario Court Decision Favouring Uber Threatens Workplace Rights
The Ontario Superior Court ruled that an Uber employees dispute can be arbitrated in the Netherlands, does not breach Ontario's Employment Standards…
Ontario Court Decision Favouring Uber Threatens Workplace Rights
An Ontario judge has ruled that Uber drivers who want to take their employer to court will have to go to the…
580 CFRA – Uber court ruling exposes dangerous loophole, critics say
Lior Samfiru, Founding Partner of Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, discusses a ruling where Uber drivers must go to the Netherlands to fight their…
Uber Decision: Labour Law Loophole Could be “the Death of Employment Law”
If you’re an Uber driver and want to fight your employer, you’d have to go to the Netherlands to do it.
CBC News – Woman Shocked When GoodLife Fitness Said Workout Was Part of Interview
An Ontario woman was shocked when GoodLife Fitness told her a workout with her boss’s boss was part of the interview process…