Why this post? Why now? You, like many others, might be wondering why Franklin Law is so committed to offering courses and workshops to employees and other workers. You might say, “You are lawyers not teachers… you are most effective in the courtroom not the classroom and that’s where you you should focus your energy”. …
What is a Severance Package? Severance packages typically arise in two different situations. Figuring out what situation you are in is very important. First, an employee may receive a severance package from an employer after the employer has already communicated its decision to terminate that worker’s employment. When your friend asks you whether or not …
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Course Description In addition to exploring basic human rights concepts such as discrimination, harassment, accommodation, and reprisal under Ontario’s Human Rights Code, Franklin Law’s “The Human Rights Workshop for Unionized Employees” provides unionized employees with information that will help them to better understand important differences between filing human rights-related Applications before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario …
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After 12 years with her employer, a dedicated, frontline worker was suddenly disciplined, demoted, and stripped of her supervisory duties. The employer was vague about the complaints that fellow employees had made against her and was unable to justify its harsh disciplinary response. After multiple attempts to inquire about the case against her and to …
Two years after starting her role as an administrative assistant, a worker became ill and was required to take a Long Term Disability leave. When the employee was cleared to return to work, her employer informed her that her position was no longer available. The employer then put the onus on the worker to apply …
