Employment Law Show: Ontario – S10 E151

Episode Summary

What can you do if facing harassment at work? Do you have to accept a temporary layoff? Employment Lawyer Alex Lucifero, a managing partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, answers those questions and more on the Employment Law Show. 

LISTEN BELOW to Ontario’s premiere radio show about employment law and workplace rights featuring the province’s leading employment lawyers. You can hear the show live on Mondays to Thursdays at 640 Toronto and 980 CFPL in London at 6:30 p.m. ET, as the hosts take calls from listeners and provide vital answers to employees and employers. 

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Show Notes

• Abuse by employer leads to medical leave for an employee: All employees are entitled to a safe and harassment-free work environment. It is important that the first step for employees experiencing harassment is to voice complaints to the appropriate department within the workplace. All incidents of bullying and abuse should be documented in writing. Employees that feel that their work environment is so poisoned they have no choice but to leave, have been constructively dismissed.
• Severance under the Employment Standards Act: Many employers mistakenly believe that the ESA outlines the correct amount of severance pay employees are entitled to upon termination. The ESA only provides a bare minimum for employees and not their full severance entitlements.
• Placed on a temporary layoff: Employers do not have the ability to place an employee on a temporary layoff without consent. Layoffs can and should be treated as a termination of employment by employees who have not previously agreed to temporary layoffs, either in the past or in an employment contract.

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