Employment Law Show: Ontario – S10 E47

Episode Summary

Are employees owed severance in a business shutdown? What do you need to know about cause terminations? Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru, Partner and national practice leader 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, Mondays to Thursdays, on 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

• Lior talks about an employee in a small business which was shut down and illuminates that employees are still owed severance pay if a company shuts down, regardless of the size of the business.
• Everything employees and employers need to know about terminations for cause.
  
• A caller asks about severance after they were let go after a short amount of time, and labelled an independent contractor.

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