Employment Law Show: Ontario – S10 E60

Episode Summary

Should your employer accommodate your childcare needs? What can you do once terminated? 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

• An employee asked to return to the office despite childcare needs: Employees are obligated to try and find all possible childcare options. Despite this, employees who have no possible alternatives to childcare must be accommodated by their employer. Employers must accommodate employees based on family status.
• Terminated without cause next steps for employees: For many employees, terminations can be traumatic. It is important for employees who have been terminated without cause to seek legal advice in order to ensure their rights have been protected and do not feel pressured to sign agreements, particularly regarding severance entitlements.
• Recruited by a new employer and then let go: In some cases, if an employee has been recruited by a new company and let go early into the new position, their severance will be based on previous years of service. It is important for employees to look closely at their employment agreements to determine whether or not they have agreed to probation periods and more.
  

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