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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.
What can employers expect from their employees while working remotely?
With many employees still working from home, work responsibilities and childcare have proven to be an issue. Alex Lucifero joins Ottawa Now…
COVID-19: Employment Rights for Working Parents when Kids Return to School
Partner Lior Samfiru on Global News Radio discussing working parents' rights ahead of uncertain back-to-school plans for the fall.
Are reasons for termination changing due to COVID-19?
The termination of a mother in California for failure to keep her children quiet during work calls has ignited questions about workplace…
Employment lawyer on California Mom’s Termination
Partner Alex Lucifero told CTV News why an employer was wrong to fire an employee for cause after her children interfered with…