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If HR Tells You To “Suck It Up”, Here’s What You Should Do
Learn about what you should do if company’s human resources department downplays your complaint and tells you to “suck it up”.
Employee Terminated Over a Beer at Lunch
Can an employee be let go for having alcohol during a lunch break? What if the company has a zero-tolerance policy towards…
Employers Who Don’t Treat Employees Well, Do So At Their Own Risk!
Learn about the different situations where a Court will penalize an employer and award additional damages to the employee, if the employee…
Should Employees Be Fired For Referring Customers To Competitors?
A cashier was informing customers they could obtain the same items for less at a nearby Walmart and was fired for ‘disloyalty.’…
Should You Turn Down a Severance Offer?
What happens when you are let go, either with or without cause? Are you always owed severance pay? Should you reject an…
Was Hydro One FHRITP Firing Justified?
Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru discusses Hydro One’s decision to fire an employee for cause after he made sexually explicit remarks at a…
Corus – Evidence found on social media increasingly deciding factor in personal injury cases
Social media posts are being used by insurance companies to determine if claimants are really disabled. Sivan Tumarkin discusses a story out…
Jian Ghomeshi and Implications for Canada’s Employers and Employees
Employment lawyer Lior Samfiru talks about the implications of the Jian Ghomeshi case for employees and employers across Canada.
Lawyer Locate – Member to See What the Future Has in Store for Severance
Future Shop employees learned that the company has closed its doors forever and approximately 1,500 staff lost their jobs.