Employment Law Show: Ontario – S11 E31

Episode Summary

What can an employer ask in a job interview? Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru, co-managing Partner and national practice leader at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, answers this question 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

• Signed multiple contracts and eventually let go: Individuals with more than three contracts are considered employees. Fixed-term contracts are meaningless if an employee has had to sign contracts for years. Employees in this situation will be owed severance pay if their contract is not renewed.
• Etiquette in an employment interview: Generally an employer should limit questions and ensure that everything discussed is relevant to the job. Employees should be wary of questions that touch on human rights grounds, such as age, religion, etc.
• Fired due to unreasonable issue with an employer: Employers are within their rights to terminate employees for any reason, as long as it is not discriminatory and severance pay is offered. Terminations for cause are more difficult to prove and employees often have been wrongfully dismissed.

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