Employment Hour 980 CKNW – S2 E12

Summary

Canadian Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru, Partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, reveals workplace rights in British Columbia, and shatters myths and misconceptions about severance pay, terminations, workplace harassment, overtime pay, wrongful dismissal, constructive dismissal, duty to accommodate, and more.

What We Covered

1) THE WEEK THAT WAS #1: Employee Punished for Contacting WorkSafeBC After Workplace Injury

2) THE WEEK THAT WAS #2: Sexually Harassed by Supervisor, HR Failed to Fix the Problem

3) CALLER: Employer Believes That Employees Should be Treated Well

4) The Severance Pay Calculator

5) TOPIC: Weird Things You Need to Know About Termination & Severance

6) CALLER: Husband let got after 5 years because he wasn’t a good fit. He was offered 4 weeks’ severance pay. He retained a lawyer who obtained 17 weeks’ severance pay. Does he have to pay back income from EI (Employment Insurance).

7) CALLER: Are pension contributions and benefits included in severance pay?

8) CALLER: I’m an employer at a business that can’t afford to keep an employee on anymore. Do I still owe them severance if their is a shortage of work?

9) EMAIL: My employer let me go a week after I came back from a Medical Leave. I just found a job posting online for my position. Is that allowed?

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