Severance Pay During Corporate Terminations
Around 350 head and regional office employees at Tim Hortons were fired, three days after an internal letter to employees apologized for the “stress” media reports of pending layoffs may have caused.
CIBC fires 500 employees, Target Canada’s closing of all its stores caused national job loss of more tan 17,000, Jones New York is closing its 36 Canadian stores.
Just how much severance pay is a Canadian employee owed in a corporate termination or layoff? Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru joined The Roy Green Show on the Corus Radio Network to discuss the fundamentals of employment law in Canada.
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Lior Samfiru
Lior Samfiru is a Founding Partner of Samfiru Tumarkin LLP and Practice Leader for the firm's Labour & Employment Law Group. His experience in countless successful cases and mediations on behalf of employees and employers, as well as his continued advocacy for the rights of workers, makes him one of the most skilled and sought-after labour and employment lawyers in Canada.
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