Employment Law Show: Ontario – S11 E53

Episode Summary

Has your employer violated your employment rights? 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

• Not permitted to resign from a job: Employers cannot force employees to remain at their workplace and prevent them from quitting. Employees are within their rights to resign or leave their places of employment. In some situations, employees might be obligated to provide a certain amount of notice.
• No employment contract given by the employer: It is in an employee’s best interest to continue working without an employment contract. Employment agreements are created in order to protect the interests of the employer, and not typically an employee. Contracts can include terminology that restricts an employee’s rights, particularly those to severance.
• Limits to surveillance in the workplace: Employers can surveil employees in environments in which privacy cannot be expected. Employees should expect their activities are being monitored in public work workplaces, or conduct business on behalf of their employer. Employers cannot record private conversations of their staff or in private spaces.

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