Employment Hour 640 Toronto – S3 E1

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.

Lior shatters myths and misconceptions about severance pay, terminations, workplace harassment, overtime pay, wrongful dismissal, constructive dismissal, duty to accommodate, and more.

What We Covered

– WEEK THAT WAS #1: A 12 year employee was offered 6 months of severance at the end of the year. Is she still owed a bonus for the work she provided that year?

– WEEK THAT WAS #2: A fired employee attempted to negotiate her own severance package. Lior described her results.

– CALLER: After renewing my contract annually for 6 years, the company has now offered me permanent full-time employment. The employment agreement says that if I am fired, I would only be owed 8 weeks’ severance pay.

– CALLER: I have worked 6-hour shifts 6 days a week for 6 years. My employer now wants to give one of my shifts to a new hire. Do I have to accept this?

– CALLER: The company has been sold to a new owner, whose office location increases my daily commute by 3 hours. Do I have to accept employment at this new business? Is this constructive dismissal?

LEARN MORE
• Sale of a company in Ontario: Employee rights
• Company sold in Alberta: Who pays severance?
• Rights for employees when business sold in B.C.

– How difficult is it to obtain a proper amount of severance pay?

– How common is it for somebody to seek legal advice following a termination?

– CALLER: I was fired after 12 years. They paid 3 months’ working notice, plus 6 months of severance pay afterwards. Was that enough?

– CALLER: My son was working for a family business for 8 years before quitting for good reason. Does he qualify for Employment Insurance?

– CALLER: Last year I was laid off from IBM, and was given a 1 month severance package after 4 years of work. Was I owed more?

– CALLER: I worked at a car dealership in California for 8 years before being let go, without being given any severance pay.

Experiencing an Employment Issue?

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Use The Severance Pay Calculator to find out how much severance pay you may be owed upon termination.

Call 1-855-821-5900, email Help@EmploymentLawyer.ca or fill out a contact form to get help now from a Toronto employment lawyer.

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