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What you should do if your workplace closes due to COVID-19 – 980 CKNW

March 12, 2020

Some workplaces in British Columbia and across Canada are telling some employees to stay home and self-isolate, while others are shutting their doors completely.

Can a company send all its employees home without paying them? Can a temporarily laid off employee get financial assistance from the federal government?

A Vancouver employment lawyer at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP joined host Jill Bennett on Global News Radio 980 CKNW to explain your workplace rights during the coronavirus outbreak.

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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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