Alberta Businesses & Vaccine Mandates

Alberta's premier has asked employers and businesses to consider removing their current vaccine mandates in a bid to bring back employees. What rights do employers have to continue to impose vaccine mandates? Lluc Cerda, a Calgary employment lawyer and Senior Associate at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP spok…

Does too much time away from the office lead to termination?

While the pandemic seems to have lessened to a degree across the province, many employees are still dealing with the fallout from COVID-19. Businesses struggling to cope with the pandemic laid off many employees under IDEL. Now that the Infectious Disease Emergence Leave has expired, will employees…

IDEL layoffs expire and wrongful dismissal suits rise

As the Ontario provincial government allowed the Infectious Disease Emergency Leave layoffs to expire, many who had been put on a layoff by their employer expected to return to work. What could employees do if they were placed on yet another layoff? Will their employers face any legal consequences?…

Vaccine injuries and support programs

A man in B.C has received compensation for an injury after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine and spent many weeks in a hospital recovering as a result. What can other claimants expect from filing claims with the Vaccine Injury Support Program?  James Fireman, a disability and personal injury lawyer in …

Employee rights when given notice to return to the workplace

Employees across the country have been notified by their employers that they are to return to the office. While some employees are ready for a return to normalcy, many have embraced working from home. What can employees who wish for a more flexible work arrangement do? Lluc Cerda, an employment la…

Suing for wrongful dismissal

A construction employee is suing his former employer for wrongful dismissal in B.C. and argues that his CERB payments when he was laid off should not have factored into his settlement. What can other terminated employees expect in regards to wrongful dismissal and CERB? Jenson Leung, a Vancouver e…

Lifting restrictions and going back to the office

As restrictions regarding COVID-19 continue to lift across the province of Ontario, what will this mean for employees and employers? Will masks still be implemented at work? What can employees who were terminated due to vaccination status expect in terms of entitlements? An Ottawa employment lawye…

Mandatory vaccine mandates lifting and workplace concerns

As restrictions regarding COVID-19 continue to lift across the province of Ontario, particularly vaccine mandates, what will this mean for employees and employers in certain work environments? An Ottawa employment lawyer at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP joins Leslie Roberts on Newstalk 580 CFRA to answer t…

Fired for attending a vaccine protest

With protests ongoing across the country as a result of vaccine mandates, employees who participate are wondering about their rights. Will they be fired for participating? If terminated, will they be owed severance? Dan Balkaran, a Vancouver employment lawyer and Associate at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP …

Employment lawer Dan Balkaran on government vaccine mandates

As more vaccine mandates at a government level become implemented across the country, unvaccinated employees are questioning their legal rights and entitlements. What are employees owed if they work in a sector that has a government mandate upon termination? Dan Balkaran, a B.C employment lawyer a…