Employment Hour 980 CKNW – S3 E8

Summary

A Vancouver employment lawyer 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

Let go without warning, wrongful dismissal, filing an anonymous complaint to the Employment Standards Branch, recording workplace conversations, overtime pay discrepancies and MORE on The Employment Hour on 980 CKNW.

1:39 – They comment on a recent investigation into how some Canadian employers pay foreign workers below minimum wage. She also explains when you should bring a complaint to the Employment Standards Branch.

8:21 – CALLER: Can an employee make an anonymous complaint to the Employment Standards Branch about workplace issues?

12:42 – Recording Conversations in the Workplace: Can an employee legally record a conversation with their employer? Can an employee record a conversation with a coworker?

17:53 – Recording Conversations in the Workplace: How a recorded conversation can help in a matter concerning a forced resignation

20:58 – CALLER: I was given my termination papers when I arrived at work, despite doing what I thought was a great job. Can my employer do that? I never received any negative feedback about my work in the past.

31:05 – CALLER: My friend was fired six months after showing a customer an inappropriate video in the workplace. Was his termination for cause justified?

35:38 – CALLER: I was fired from my job last year. Is there a statute of limitations where severance pay is concerned?

36:29 – EMAIL: I think I’ve been wrongfully dismissed. My company said they were letting me go because of restructuring, but they just hired someone to take my position. What should I do?

39:43 – EMAIL: I just realized that my boss hasn’t paid me overtime. Can I sue him to get my overtime pay?

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