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Client Win: Employee Wins 17-Month Severance After Unfair Demotion Offer
Samfiru Tumarkin LLP secures 17 months of severance for a client after rejecting a demotion with a pay cut.
The Increasing Costs of Terminating Older Employees
The older an employee is, and the longer they have spent in a company’s employ, the more severance they will be entitled…
CIBC workers laid off, expected to help with training replacements – Global News
Can an employer force an employee to train the person who will soon be replacing them? That is exactly what is happening…
640 Toronto – Man Tests Positive For Melanoma But Doctor’s Didn’t Let Him Know
A B.C woman is claiming that health professionals failed to notify her husband that he’d tested positive for melanoma five years before…
CIBC Staff Losing Jobs to Workers in India, Expected to Help with Training
CIBC is eliminating up to 130 jobs in its Toronto finance department. As part of the transition, staff losing their positions must…
Police Probe Report of Radicalized Montreal Airport Employees – 640 Toronto
When an employee has been accused of radicalization, causing the safety of the public to be at risk, what are both the…
Did Doctors Fail To Tell A Patient That He Had Cancer?
The wife of a B.C. man is claiming that her husband’s positive cancer diagnosis fell through cracks in the medical system. Does…
Ryerson Instructor Criticized Over Controversial Comments on Facebook
Students have made complaints about comments posted on Facebook by a Ryerson engineering sessional lecturer and instructor. Find out why in our…
610 CKTB – Ministry of Labour Blitz Reveals That Many Employers Are Violating the Employment Standards Act
Almost three-quarters of Ontario employers with a “history of non-compliance” were revealed to still be violating the Employment Standards Act.