Employment Hour 980 CKNW – S2 E16

Summary

Canadian Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru, Partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, reveals your 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

– COMMON MISTAKES THAT EMPLOYERS MAKE
– Does time spent as a casual worker count towards severance pay?
– Can one of my employers force me to sign an employment agreement to stop me for working with another company I work for?
– I’m an electrician. I was fired after 6 years on the job, but wasn’t given a severance package. This happened 5 years ago. How much severance pay does an electrician get?
– Severance pay for short-service employees is often higher than for long-service employees
– My employer doesn’t pay overtime, but does give us days in lieu of overtime. Is that acceptable, and is lieu time calculated at “time and a half” pay?
– I was fired, but my union failed to represent me properly afterwards. Is there anything I can do? Can I hire an employment lawyer instead of using my union?
– My boss keeps threatening me that I’m going to be fired. I have emails from him that say that I’m on the chopping block. I’m stressed out. What can I do?
– I was employed for 13 years with a company. I was terminated with 2 weeks’ severance pay. Their competitor hired me 2 weeks later at the same level of compensation. Am I owed any severance pay?
– I’ve just been fired after 14 years from a management position. My income was based on commission. How would my severance pay be calculated?

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