Employment Law Show: Ontario – S10 E52

Episode Summary

What should you know about a temporary layoff? Can you be fired while on medical leave? Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru, co-managing 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 who needed to be on medical leave and was later informed by his employer that he had abandoned his job and was terminated due to an illness.
• What should you remember if you have been recalled from a temporary layoff and how can you pursue your rights?
  
• A caller who has been laid off by his former employer calls to ask about their entitlements if they have been laid off and the rights of employees despite IDEl.

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