Employment Law

Speaker offers to rescind gag orders on fired B.C. staff – 980 CKNW

January 28, 2019

Employees fired in recent years from the legislature for trying to blow the whistle on a spending scandal may soon have their gag orders lifted by Speaker Darryl Plecas.

Plecas intends to cancel the non-disclosure agreements that some of the 20 terminated legislature staff were forced to sign in exchange for severance, as long as those people were employed directly by the legislature

What are the rules surrounding non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)? Do you have to sign an NDA in order to obtain severance following termination from your job?

A Vancouver employment lawyer at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP joined host Jody Vance on Global News Radio 980 CKNW to discuss the employer’s Duty to Accommodate.

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Lior Samfiru

National Co-Managing Partner

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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