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Permanent to Part Time Employment Status – Pan Pacific Hotel Vancouver
Employment lawyer Lior Samfiru discusses the decision by Pan Pacific Hotel to change the status of their permanent staff to casual workers…
Yellow Pages: Severance Packages
Laid off or lost your job at Yellow Pages? Learn about your employment rights in Canada and how to calculate your severance…
PwC laying off 5% of staff before bonus payouts
The layoffs follow a request by PwC management that employees reduce their work hours and pay to avoid being laid off.
Pandemic Employment Questions: What Next?
A Hamilton employment lawyer discusses ongoing concerns over employment rights amidst the pandemic with Bill Kelly on 900 CHML.
GTAA Layoffs and Severance Pay
Laid off or fired by the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA)? Learn about your rights to full severance pay and how we…
GTAA cutting Pearson staff by 27% due to COVID-19
The authority responsible for running Canada's largest airport is cutting jobs in response due to decreased air traffic due to the pandemic.
Changes to Employment Law due to COVID-19
Toronto employment lawyer Lior Samfiru joins Roy Green to discuss the changes to employment law as a result of the coronavirus.
Preparing to return to work with no access to childcare
Ottawa employment lawyer Alex Lucifero joins Leslie Roberts on Ottawa at Work to discuss the rights parents have with returning to work…
What is considered grounds for dismissal post COVID-19?
Employment lawyer Lior Samfiru discusses what is grounds for dismissal from a workplace during and post COVID-19 with host John Oakley.