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Employment Law November 12th, 2013

BetaKit – Hilarious New App Tells Former Bosses to “Shove it!”

By Lior Samfiru

The new Severance Pay Calculator app aims to answer severance questions quickly and calculate a severance amount.

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Employment Law November 12th, 2013

Law Firm Creates Severance Pay Calculator App: Globe and Mail

By Lior Samfiru

A Toronto law firm has developed an app that lets you know how much severance pay you’re entitled to if you’re fired.

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Employment Law September 26th, 2013

Ex-workers claim MOL helpline misleading callers

By Lior Samfiru

Ontario’s labour ministry is the target of a recent lawsuit filed by two workers who claim they were misinformed about severance package…

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Employment Law September 25th, 2013

Ministry of Labour Allegedly Misleading on Severance

By Lior Samfiru

A lawsuit levelled at the Ontario Ministry of Labour suggests that the public is receiving bad advice about their severance packages.

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Employment Law September 25th, 2013

Lawsuit launched against Ontario Labour Ministry

By Lior Samfiru

The Ministry of Labour’s telephone helpline is misleading the public about severance pay entitlements, claims Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru.

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Employment Law September 25th, 2013

Former employees deserved better, lawsuit says

By Lior Samfiru

Two former employees of a Pickering manufacturing company are suing the Ontario Ministry of Labour following bad advice about severance pay.

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Disability/Personal Injury April 13th, 2013

Every excuse in the book: When insurance companies don’t pay up

By Sivan Tumarkin

Disability Lawyer Sivan Tumarkin explains why insurance companies fail to pay out on legitimate long term disability claims.

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Employment Law March 3rd, 2012

LRB ruling on fired Vale workers significant

By Lior Samfiru

A recent decision by the OLRB will likely change the approach employers take when firing or disciplining workers during labour disputes.

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Employment Law July 24th, 2009

Immigrants Take Brunt of Recession, Recover Less Quickly: Globe and Mail

By Lior Samfiru

Newcomers to Canada are losing jobs faster than those born in the country. Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru offers his theory.

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