Employment Hour 640 Toronto – S7 E37

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

Increased workload, performance improvement plans, accommodating employees, severance pay, forced to return against your doctor’s orders and MORE on The Employment Hour.

Chapter 1:

Job Posted Online After Restructuring

My employer let me go due to restructuring while I was on a medical leave, but they posted my same job online a few days later. Are they allowed to do that?

Chapter 2:

Start Date Pushed Back After Background Check

I was asked to conduct a background check after I signed back an offer of employment to a new employer (an American company). Now they keep pushing my start date back further and further, and this whole time I haven’t been paid. What are my rights?

Chapter 3:

Employment Rights for Unionized Employees

What rights do unionized employees have when there is a safety issue and their union refuses to help them?

Chapter 4:

Benefits Cut Off on Long-Term Disability Leave

My wife’s employer cut off her benefits after she went on short-term disability and applied for long-term disability.

Chapter 5:

2-year Time Limit & Contingency Fees

Is there a time limit on how long I can take to fight for full severance pay? What are your legal fees for a wrongful dismissal case?

Chapter 6:

Severance Pay vs. Notice Period

What is the difference between severance pay and a notice period? Is there any difference?

Chapter 7:

Insulting Email from a Coworker

I work in the financial industry. A colleague sent an insulting email about me to coworkers. Do I have any rights?

Chapter 8:

Can my employer make me take another job or add more responsibilities?

Chapter 9:

Can my employer put me on a performance improvement plan?

Chapter 10:

Can my employer pay me less than other employees?

Chapter 11:

Can my employer make me come back to work against my doctor’s advice?

Chapter 12:

Can my employer let me go?

Chapter 13:

Accommodating employees who don’t fit new workstations

We just change our workstations, but some employees don’t fit our workstations. How far does an employer have to go to accommodate those employees? Is it a human rights issue?

Chapter 14:

Accommodating employees who don’t fit new workstations

My partner was let go and given a severance package to sign within a week. Is her package adequate after 15 years in a technical role?

Chapter 15:

LTD and CPP Disability

I’m on long-term disability. The insurance company wants me to apply to CPP Disability and cut my disability payments in half. Can they force me to do that?

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