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580 CFRA – Bus Driver Refuses To Drive Bus With A Pro-Life Ad On It
A bus driver was sent home without pay because she refused to drive a bus with a controversial pro-life ad on it.
Controversial Ad on Bus Causes Driver to Refuse to Work
Can a bus driver refuse to do their job because they don’t support an advertisement that is displayed on their bus? Learn…
Disgruntled Employees: Post-Employment Legal Obligations
Find out what legal obligations that both an employer and employee have once an employee has been terminated by reading this article.
CBC News – Why Disability Claims for Mental Illness Can Be Difficult to Navigate
Disability Lawyer Sivan Tumarkin, co-founding partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, talks about why disability claims for mental illness are tough to navigate.
Refusing to Work Because of a Pro-life Advertisement on an Employee’s Bus
A bus driver was sent home without pay because she refused to drive a bus with a controversial ad on it. Can…
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…