Employment Hour 640 Toronto – S6 E87

Summary

Canadian Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru, founding partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, reveals your workplace rights in Toronto, the surrounding GTA 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: A customer complained about an employee. The employee refused to accept a performance improvement plan. If she refuses to sign, is she effectively resigning from her job, without severance pay?

CALLER: I worked for a temp agency. Would I be considered a regular employee, and owed severance pay following termination?

CALLER: We’ve just been handed an employment agreement to sign. I think my employer may be selling his practice. Are we legally obligated to accept the new employment contract?

CALLER: My wife experienced increasing harassment, and eventually took a leave of absence. She doesn’t want to return to work. Does she have to quit?

CALLER: My employer wants me to sign an agreement concerning the use of a company laptops

CALLER: I have just been fired after 5 years as a manager, without cause, and offered 4 weeks’ severance pay. What am I actually owed?

CALLER: I’ve been on long-term disability for the past year. The insurance company just told me that I have to apply for CPP benefits. Do I have to apply?

CALLER: I was given 4 weeks’ working notice that the company is shutting down. Am I entitled to any additional severance pay?

CALLER: Do I have to sign an employment contract by a certain deadline to avoid being fired?

CALLER: I was fired from a unionized environment for providing my professional opinion. What are my rights?

CALLER: I use a sub-contractor to complete some of my work. If I decide to stop using his services, am I required by law to give him severance pay?

CALLER: What is the maximum amount of severance pay somebody can get? Is it 2 years? Can a company take severance away when a fired employee finds a new job?

CALLER: I had a workplace relationship with somebody who didn’t report to me. The company found out, and I was let go for cause. Was I actually owed any severance pay?

CALLER: I started a job 6 months ago. I work 10 hours a day, with 1 hour deducted for lunch. My employment contract stated that I will not be paid overtime. Is that legal?

CALLER: I’ve been asked to perform a second job at work, using a different time card. Is that legal?

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