The Employment Law Show

Episode Summary

5 KEY QUESTIONS EMPLOYEES SHOULD ASK ABOUT RESIGNATIONS, performance management, employment agreements and more on Season 9 Episode 14 of the Employment Law Show with employment lawyer Lior Samfiru, Partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP.

Watch above to discover your workplace rights and learn everything you need to know about employment law in Alberta, Ontario, and British Columbia on Canada’s only employment law show on TV and radio.

Episode Notes

Disability benefits cut off by insurer, but still can’t work

I’ve been on disability leave for about a year. My insurer recently cut off my benefits even though I’m still unable to work and have the support of my doctor. My employer now wants me to return to work, and if I don’t, it will be considered my resignation. What can I do?

• Disability and employment issues: Many employees on disability leave are preemptively cut off from disability benefits despite their continued inability to work. Employees should follow the advice of their treating doctors. Employers must also adhere to the medical advice of an employee’s medical professionals and cannot force employees back to work.

Let go after taking disability leave

I was at work when I passed out. I worked from home the following week before being called into the office, where I was fired. I think they thought I was going to take disability leave. I was only offered 6 weeks of severance.

• Human rights violations: Employers cannot terminate...

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