Law Culture Media

22/09/2020

We partner up with the most passionate lawyers 🥰 When it comes to employment law, you need a lawyer who cares about you. Most importantly, an employment lawyer who cares about winning for you 💪 If you think you have been wrongfully terminated or will be in the near future, it might be worth it to chat with a lawyer. It’s important to know your rights. Book a free 15-min session with our employment law paralegal to see if you need a lawyer or not:
https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=20486087&appointmentType=17090664

20/09/2020

Our fundamental mission is to stand up for injustice through media. We do this by amplifying your story and voice on the injustice you’ve faced. Our team of partner lawyers will also contribute a legal opinion on the matter. Stand up for injustice and DM us now!

17/09/2020

Employment law & COVID: clarification on layoffs, wrongful dismissals and severance packages with Whitney at Taylor Janis Workplace Law.

Book a free discovery session with our employment law paralegal. Our partner lawyers at Taylor Janis will help you figure out where to start and if you actually need to see lawyer or not.

https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=20486087&appointmentType=17090664

16/09/2020

Family law from a lawyer’s perspective. What makes a good family lawyer in your opinion?

Book a Family Law Discovery session today: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=20486087&appointmentType=16450537

* This would be a free discovery session with our family law paralegal. We will help you figure out where to start and if you actually need to see lawyer or not.

13/09/2020

Who has a Narcissistic Boss?
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11/09/2020

“If you have a pre-existing condition that makes you particularly vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus, or are in a demographic that may suffer severe impacts from the virus, you may be legally entitled to workplace accommodations under the Human Rights Act.” Read the full article (in bio) or at http://bit.ly/lc-backtotheoffice

09/09/2020

Question: “I have been laid-off temporary but I have not been asked back to work. What can I do to ensure my future?” Listen to the legal answer by our partner lawyer, Sarah Coderre.

08/09/2020

COVID & Discrimination. Swipe to read. DM us if you think you have been discriminated against.

19/08/2020

“One key thing to note is that child support is the right of the child; and children should benefit from the means of their parents” Read the full article: http://bit.ly/lc-childsupport

12/08/2020

Are free legal consultations really free? Watch the full video here: http://bit.ly/lc-freec

05/08/2020

Pet custody battles are growing in Canada. Since animals are considered personal property, there’s no current law in Canada that supports the idea of shared custody. When it comes to a court-ordered division of property during a split with a spouse or a significant other, animals generally end up with the person who bought them. What do you think?

28/07/2020

“Then, things changed. I started experiencing discrimination from new managers working directly with me. I was sitting around one day laughing and chatting, and then a joke calling me a “terror-ist” was thrown around. There was laughter” Read the full article: https://bit.ly/lc-disc

20/07/2020

“I disagreed with a program he proposed and it infuriated him. He would tell me that a meeting was on Wednesday when it was really on Tuesday. He would ask me to come out to the plant for a meeting with a given executive and when I got there no such meeting had been scheduled. Eventually, he began to suggest that I had early onset dementia” read the full story with a lawyer’s opinion : http://bit.ly/lc-gas

17/06/2020

29/05/2020

“I really thought he was the one, and that he would stop being so angry. Until he lost control once again and put me in the hospital.” Read the full story here: http://bit.ly/lc-abuse

19/05/2020

One of the biggest challenges with a workplace bully is discovering that you have one. This is the true story of one of our readers who made this discovery themself.
Full article: https://bit.ly/lawculture-true-hostility

08/05/2020

“giving special treatment depending on an employee’s risk of contracting a disease, no matter the reason, is discrimination.” Read the article: https://bit.ly/workplace-covid

29/04/2020

“It is critical that you understand that your employer may not have the authority to temporarily lay you off, depending on your circumstances.” Read the full article: bit.ly/layoffs-alberta

28/04/2020

“Things got ugly at the end, when I bluffed and told him I’d hired a private investigator to get to the real truth, since he still maintained he was not married to Amy.” Read the full story: https://bit.ly/lawculture-family

17/04/2020

So... what do we think of prenups? Yes or no?

09/04/2020

“BE COMPLIANT WITH COURT ORDERS AND CUSTODY AGREEMENTS.

As much as possible, try to avoid reinventing the wheel despite the unusual circumstances. The custody agreement or court order exists to prevent endless haggling over the details of timesharing. In some jurisdictions there are even standing orders mandating that, if schools are closed, custody agreements should remain in force as though school were still in session.”

Read more: https://www.spectrumfamilylaw.ca/calgary/blog/2020/03/23/7-guidelines-for-divorced-separated-parents-sharing-custody-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/

09/04/2020

With post-secondary students having switched to online classes in light of Covid-19, many students are not learning as well and are fighting for their tuition to be returned.

Universities aren’t refunding students because they feel that online classes are a perfect substitution for the real thing. Even though the stipulations the students signed off on were that they knew how the classes were to be delivered, in-class. Students are disagreeing that the (maybe) 90 minutes of online time is not the same thing and they are left to suffer the consequences, averaging lower GPA’s and money wasted.

What can be done for these young people struggling with these new “classroom settings”? How should the school systems be helping?

07/04/2020

49% of employees who experience bullying in the workplace become clinically depressed and 30% of those people targeted will suffer from PTSD.

As many companies have moved to working from home during COVID-19, many colleagues are finding that they are less stressed and that their performance level has increased without having their superior breathing down their neck, criticizing them constantly.

How many people were being scrutinized and harassed at work without realizing this was a form of bullying? What are your thoughts?

06/04/2020

Please share and help thank our frontline workers for their hard work.

We are so proud of all our front-line workers. We want to pay tribute to all of the hard-working folks getting us through this rough time. There are no words to describe how much we appreciate everything you are doing for us. With a big thank you to Diana Kemp for putting it into words for us with this beautiful poem.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

03/04/2020

The son of a front-line nurse is a retail worker. Their employer recalls all of its staff after a temporary lay-off, but decides to terminate that worker because the employer is concerned that the worker may be at higher risk of contracting COVID-19 due to the fact their parent is a health care worker;

An employer is making the decision of which employees to keep on payroll while working from home, and which employees will be issued a temporary lay-off notice. The brother of a physician, who lives with that physician, is selected as one who will be given a temporary lay-off. When asked why, the employer says “because you live with your brother who is at the hospital all day, you’ll probably going to get the virus anyways”;

The common law partner of a Respiratory Therapist is working on an essential construction project. The foreman of the project is aware that her partner is a Respiratory Therapist, and sends her home while keeping the rest of the crew at work. The common law partner believes she was the only one sent home because the foreman perceives her to be a high risk of contracting coronavirus through her Respiratory Therapist partner.

Employers will not explicitly state the reason they are choosing an employee to be terminated or laid-off.

Employment Lawyers at Taylor Janis Workplace Law are accommodating laid off workers with a telephone or video conference to discuss their matters.

https://www.tjworkplacelaw.com/enquire/

02/04/2020

As front line workers are expected to have more exposure to the Covid-19 virus, should co-parenting be limited for that frontline parent to ensure the child’s safety, what are your opinions?

It might be helpful to consult with a family lawyer to understand your unique custody situation during this pandemic. Family lawyers at Spectrum Family Law are offering online video consultations to assist with this matter.