Employment Hour 640 Toronto – S2 E6

Summary

Canadian Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru, founding partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, reveals your workplace rights in Toronto, the surrounding GTA, Hamilton, London and across Ontario.

What We Covered

• WEEK THAT WAS #1: A 61-year-old receptionist was let go after 25 years as part of cost-cutting measures. The employer offered her 10 weeks’ severance pay. Lior explains what she is actually owed, and the concept of working notice.
• WEEK THAT WAS #2: A former employee of an accounting firm was demanding 16 months’ severance pay after 1 year of service. The accounting firm had purchased another company, and inherited the employee’s previous years of service.
• Severance pay calculator
• CALLER: When I was hired, I was told I would be paid a shift premium. That never happened. When I asked about it, they began paying it, but still owe me for the past year. What should I do?
• CALLER: I was fired after returning from a two year medical leave. How much severance pay am I owed?
• How is severance pay calculated?
• CALLER: Is it possible to extend a limitation period on filing a wrongful dismissal claim beyond the two year mark?
• CALLER: I was a part-time employee. I volunteered to take a severance package, however I have not yet received the severance payment.
• CALLER: My friend was just laid off. He was told he doesn’t qualify for severance because he worked for a small business. Is that true?
• CALLER: I was laid off after 6 years in favour of younger employees. Can my employer do that?
• I have a severance package in front of me. What should be included in a severance package, besides my salary?
• How does commission pay and tips factor into a severance package?
• How do you obtain overtime pay when are terminated from your job?
• How does severance pay work for companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)?
• CALLER: If a person is injured at work, and the employer can’t find any suitable alternative work for them, what happens then
• CALLER: I am an hourly employee. My employer refuses to pay me for overtime hours. He says I just need to work harder. Am I owed overtime pay?
• CALLER: Can an employer terminate an employee who has been on long-term disability for two years?
• Do temporary employees have any rights?
• What is the Duty to Accommodate?

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