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Mass Layoffs and Terminations in the Tech Industry

Jennifer Zeilikman
February 3, 2023
5 minute read

The global tech industry suffered lately from an economic slowdown which resulted in thousands of workers being dismissed from their jobs. For instance, in…

COVID-19 Update

Jennifer Zeilikman
January 27, 2023
7 minute read

As we begin 2023, we must acknowledge the unprecedented impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on employment law. We have written numerous blogs…

What Does an Employment Lawyer do?

Jennifer Zeilikman
January 23, 2023
2 minute read

An employment lawyer assists both employees and employers with respect to certain workplace issues or disputes in non-unionized workplaces. In contrast, labour lawyers offer…

Failure to Abide by Certain Requirements Under the Employment Standards Act Leads to an Award for Moral and Punitive Damages

Jennifer Zeilikman
January 16, 2023
3 minute read

In the decision of Pohl v. Hudson’s Bay Company (“Pohl”), 2022 ONSC 5230, the court made the decision to award both moral and punitive…

Changes to the Employment Standards Act

Jennifer Zeilikman
January 12, 2023
2 minute read

New rules came into place on January 1, 2023, with respect to business and IT consultants Effective January 1, 2023, changes made to the…

Am I a federal employee?

Zeilikman Law
December 14, 2022
2 minute read

Many of our former blogs dealt with Ontario employees whose employment is governed by Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000. However, there are thousands of…

Bank Employees

Zeilikman Law
December 14, 2022
2 minute read

The first thing of which you ought to be aware as someone who works at a bank is that you are federally regulated. This…

Employee Service to Bankrupt Former Employer May Increase Notice Period

Jennifer Zeilikman
November 29, 2022
3 minute read

Sometimes when there is a bankruptcy of a company and a new company takes on some of the older employees, the new employer may…

Bleak Economic Conditions May Give Rise to a Longer Notice Period

Jennifer Zeilikman
November 2, 2022
2 minute read

To remind our readers, as we have set out prior in other blogs, in the absence of a contractual term stating otherwise, a dismissed…

Zeilikman Law Successful in Motion for Summary Judgment

Jennifer Zeilikman
October 5, 2022
2 minute read

Zeilikman Law recently represented an employee plaintiff in Tarras v. The Municipal Infrastructure Group Ltd., 2022 ONSC 4522 (CanLII) (“Tarras”). In Tarras, the plaintiff…

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