Employment Law

• Tech layoffs: Seek legal advice, negotiate terms if you’ve lost your job, experts say

  Amazon laid off 18,000 staff, Microsoft fired 10,000 employees and WeWork axed 300 jobs. In Canada, layoffs included 300 at Lightspeed, 150 at Clutch and 70 at Hootsuite.

  Tech

  Jan 22, 2023
  
• B.C. tribunal orders woman to pay $2,600 after software shows ‘time theft’

  A tribunal has ordered a British Columbia accountant to pay her former employer more than $2,600 after tracking software showed she engaged in "time theft" while working from home.

  Jan 12, 2023
  
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• Could Elon Musk’s Twitter layoffs violate Canadian law? Experts weigh in

  Law experts say Twitter layoffs would violate Canadian employment law.

  Canada

  Nov 7, 2022
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• Experts say Ontario’s right to disconnect law too vague to help work life balance

  Affected employers needed to have written policies in place by June 2. They have another 30 days after that to provide those to staff, so many workers are still waiting.

  Canada

  Jun 19, 2022
• Kelowna contractor ordered to pay $90k in unpaid wages to temporary foreign workers

  The workers said they did not complain “for fear of jeopardizing their immigration status.”

  Dec 28, 2020
• Coronavirus: Canadian employers using thermal cameras, location-tracking smartphone apps against COVID-19

  Some companies are even requiring their employees to download a smartphone app.

  May 10, 2020
• Hudson’s Bay accused of shorting employees’ severance pay amid coronavirus pandemic

  'HBC is seeking to avoid paying fair severance packages that are legally owed to these individuals during these difficult times,' said Toronto lawyer Lior Samfiru.

  Consumer

  Apr 26, 2020
• Employees shut down popular Toronto poutine shop citing ‘unsafe working conditions’

  Poutini’s House of Poutine in downtown Toronto abruptly shut down Friday night after employees locked the door and posted a note saying they had left because of "unsafe working conditions."

  Canada

  Aug 21, 2017
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• Inside Canada’s flexible work economy. Who’s the real winner here?

  Flexible work arrangements are rising, but is it really a win-win situation?

  Canada

  Apr 19, 2017
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• CBC names Toronto lawyer to lead Jian Ghomeshi investigation

  The CBC has tapped Toronto lawyer Janice Rubin to lead the investigation into allegations Jian Ghomeshi sexually assaulted other employees at the public broadcaster.

  Nov 4, 2014