Canadian Blood Services Workers Fired After Mat Leave: CBC Interview

Amy Gravelle, a Sudbury woman returning from maternity leave was terminated by her employer without notice. She was informed her position was no longer available and her replacement, while she was on maternity leave, had filled her spot.

Are employers legally permitted to terminate employees returning from maternity leave? What rights do parents have in this situation if they are still offered severance?

Lior Samfiru, a Toronto employment lawyer and co-founding partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP spoke with CBC on how employees should pursue their severance entitlements and the disadvantages in complaining to the Ministry of Labour.