Employment Hour 980 CKNW – S3 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

Dealing with workplace harassment, what to expect as an employee when the business is sold, resolving conflict through the Human Rights Tribunal, and MORE on The Employment Hour on 980 CKNW with Canadian employment lawyer Lior Samfiru.

Chapter 1:

Summer Students & Severance for Early Termination

Are summer students owed severance pay if they are let go before the end of the summer? Can a summer student be fired before the end of the summer? Lior explains the fixed-term contract that exists for most summer employees.

Chapter 2:

Long Haul Trucker & Duty to Accommodate

27-year long haul truck driver developed chronic back pain and asked his employer to accommodate his disability. The employer refused to accommodate his medical condition. Lior explained what an employer’s responsibilities are.

Chapter 3:

CALLER: Labour Relations & Bad Severance Advice

After I was let go from my job, Labour Relations said that my maximum severance pay would be eight weeks maximum. Why does the severance pay calculator suggest I would be owed much more than that? Lior on the bad legal advice provided by Labour Relations.

Chapter 4:

CALLER: Notice of Termination vs. Full Severance Pay

I’ve been with the company for 29 years. The new owner has given me three months of working notice verbally due to financial issues. Is that legal? How much am I actually owed?

Chapter 5:

Termination over Financial Struggles vs. Bankruptcy

Chapter 6:

CALLER: Rick’s Full Severance Package

Lior explains why caller Rick’s severance package was bang on, thanks to an Employment Lawyer.

Chapter 7:

CALLER: 2-year Limitation Period on Severance Pay

Why is there a 2-year limitation period on seeking full severance pay?

Chapter 8:

CALLER: When Overtime Pay Kicks In

I worked regular 60-hour shifts in various jobs including waste removal and farming, but was never paid overtime. I was not a manager. Was I owed overtime pay?

Chapter 9:

Termination When Employee Asks to Take or Return from Disability Leave

Chapter 10:

CALLER: Severance Pay with a New Owner

When a new company buys an old company and takes on all of the old employees, are those employees owed severance pay?

Chapter 11:

Employer Lying About My Termination

My employer let me go, but says that I actually resigned which means that I’m not owed any severance. What should I do?

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