Terminations vs. Layoffs - Employment Law Show: S4 E17

The Difference Between a Termination and a Layoff, on the Employment Law Show with employment lawyer Lior Samfiru. Discover your workplace rights and learn everything you need to know about employment law in Ontario and British Columbia on Season 4 Episode 17 of the only employment law show on TV in Canada.

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0:00 - Intro

🔹 1:39 WEEK THAT WAS - I was let go for "just cause" after 6 years with the company. I filed a complaint with the Ministry of Labour, and they were able to secure 6 weeks of severance pay from my employer. Was I owed more?

📱 7:11 Pocket Employment Lawyer - My performance has declined due to constant harassment and abuse from management. I’ve reported the issue multiple times, but nothing has been resolved. The abuse has forced some coworkers to quit. My manager says I should join them If I’m not happy.

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▶️ DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TERMINATIONS and LAYOFFS (Terminations vs. Layoffs)

1️⃣ What is a Termination? (11:04)
A termination occurs when an employer lets an employee go from their job involuntarily (i.e. the employee is fired).

2️⃣ Are there different types of terminations? (11:43)

3️⃣ What does a Layoff refer to? (13:29)
A layoff usually refers to a Temporary Layoff, where an employee has been let go, but not permanently. These are actually a change to the terms of employment, and can be treated as a Constructive Dismissal. This would likely be a Wrongful Dismissal situation.

4️⃣ Do I have to accept a Temporary Layoff and wait to be called back to work? (14:39)
An employer may be able to put an employee on a Temporary Layoff if the employee accepted one in the past.

5️⃣ How much severance pay am I owed following a termination or temporary layoff? (15:35)

📞 17:04 A caller from the Employment Law Show - I was let go from the company after 26 years. I was only given 8 weeks’ pay. I had my friend write them a letter, asking for more severance. In the meantime, I want to apply for Employment Insurance. Would doing so mean that I automatically agree to their severance offer?

📞 20:55 A caller from the Employment Law Show - I have worked for a municipality for over 5 years. When I started, there were no rules on the number of shifts we had to work. Now my manager wants me to work more. When I protested, I was given zero shifts for the month. What are my options?

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[maryfuentes]

Is the Minister of Labor the same as Department of Human Rights

[juliorod]

What happen when the employer fire the employee and in the time when the employee hurted his or her body and the employee didin’t know what is workers compensation and when the employee know the and file the insurance and than the employer said my employee quit I did not fire him or her they quit and said that under oath in the statement when the employee appeal the denied case from insurance, what I can do against a rich employer who denied to pay for the employee injury and the employee wronful termination and the state insurance defending a white europian person from 1947 who was uninsured employer to pay the right for the employee accidént and the termination, what I can do or I call the department anticorruption for conspiracy against my case and uninsured employer do you know what is the correct thing to do ? ?

[TheMallyjoe]

Can you get a severance pay if terminated due to not taking a covid shot due to a mandate ?

[jeanettehowser]

What if they refuse to let you go to the bathroom? And tell you to suck it up....

[amyfuller]

dose this show apply here in America ?

[gabrielehalley]

it is time to defend the innocent hard working people of canada who were FIRED for noncompliance of an STILL EXPERIMENTAL INJECTION WHICH WE NOW KNOW DOES HAVE SIDE EFFECTS....
TO EXCLUDE INDIVIDUALS FROM SOCIETY FROM MAKING A WAGE IS NOT LEGAL..
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[gabrielehalley]

HOW CAN ANY WORKPLACE LEGALLY CAN PUT A POLICY IN PLACE WHEN WERE SPEAKING OF EXPERIMENTAL JABS.THAT COMPLETELY LACK LONGTERM DATA REG SIDE EFFECTS..

WHEN THERES RISK...ONE HAS A RIGHT TO QUESTION... AND SAY NO. THIS MUST BE ACCEPTED WTHOUT ARGUMENT BY THE EMPLOYER
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WHEN WILL LAWYERS TAKE ON THIS BLATENT IGNORANCE OF EMPLOYERS...REG BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS?

TO LOOSE A JOB .CONSTRUCTIVE DISMISSAL....WHEN..WE DID NOTHING WRONG.
AND WHEN THERE WAS ZERO POLICY REG VACCINES PRIOR TO THESE NEW IMPLEMENTATIONS...
DESCRIMINATION WHICH THIS IS
...DESCRIMINATING AGAINST THE JAB IFREE IS A SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE..
MY BODY MY CHOICE..
AND WE HAVE THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WORK..MAKE A LIVING WITHOUT COERSION OR THREAT.
LAWYERS TIME TO FIGHT HAS ARRIVED!