Episodes

Friday Sep 06, 2019
Fire Away Q&A Series, Question 1: Temporary Layoffs
Friday Sep 06, 2019
Friday Sep 06, 2019
On August's episode of Fire Away, Stuart answered our viewers' top HR and employment law questions.
Question 1: is it okay to temporarily layoff full-time employees, or does it expose an employer to constructive dismissal claims?

Wednesday Jul 17, 2019
Stuart's July Rant: Severance is NOT an Entitlement
Wednesday Jul 17, 2019
Wednesday Jul 17, 2019
In his new rant, Stuart might be bursting your bubble: severance is NOT an entitlement. You can't assume you will get a package - and if you do, it may not be what you expect.

Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
Audio: Fire Away - Finances: Pensions, Taxes, and Severance
Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
In this episode of the Rudner Law Q&A series Fire Away, Stuart and Richard Sales, a Senior Executive Consultant with IG Wealth Management and the principle director of R. Sales & Associates. Stuart and Richard discussed a number of financial topics, including pensions, tax-effective ways to handle severance payments, and what to consider about your financial plan if you lose your job.
Original air-date: July 16 2019.

Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
Video: Fire Away - Finances: Pensions, Taxes, and Severance
Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
In this episode of the Rudner Law Q&A series Fire Away, Stuart and Richard Sales, a Senior Executive Consultant with IG Wealth Management and the principle director of R. Sales & Associates. Stuart and Richard discussed a number of financial topics, including pensions, tax-effective ways to handle severance payments, and what to consider about your financial plan if you lose your job.
Original air-date: July 16 2019.

Tuesday Jun 25, 2019
Audio: Fire Away - Dealing with Controversial Employees
Tuesday Jun 25, 2019
Tuesday Jun 25, 2019
In this episode of the Rudner Law Q&A series Fire Away, Stuart and Dan McGarry, HR Director at Global Wood Group, discuss how employers should handle an employee who gets caught doing or saying something controversial. They also talk about social media, including whether it's appropriate for you to be online friends with your employees. In Stuart's rant, he's begging you to stop treating employment contracts as formalities.
Original air-date: June 18 2019.

Tuesday Jun 25, 2019
Video: Fire Away - Dealing with Controversial Employees
Tuesday Jun 25, 2019
Tuesday Jun 25, 2019
In this episode of the Rudner Law Q&A series Fire Away, Stuart and Dan McGarry, HR Director at Global Wood Group, discuss how employers should handle an employee who gets caught doing or saying something controversial. They also talk about social media, including whether it's appropriate for you to be online friends with your employees. In Stuart's rant, he's begging you to stop treating employment contracts as formalities.
Original air-date: June 18 2019.

Monday May 27, 2019
Audio: Fire Away - Canadian Immigration and the Employment Relationship
Monday May 27, 2019
Monday May 27, 2019
In this episode of the Rudner Law Q&A series Fire Away, Stuart and Cristina Guida, an Immigration Lawyer with Green and Spiegel LLP, discuss Canadian immigration and citizenship matters and how they affect the employment relationship. In Stuart's rant, he has advice for employers: don't let your search for the right human inadvertently violate human rights!
Original air-date: May 21st 2019.
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Monday May 27, 2019
Video: Fire Away - Canadian Immigration and the Employment Relationship
Monday May 27, 2019
Monday May 27, 2019
In this episode of the Rudner Law Q&A series Fire Away, Stuart and Cristina Guida, an Immigration Lawyer with Green and Spiegel LLP, discuss Canadian immigration and citizenship matters and how they affect the employment relationship. In Stuart's rant, he has advice for employers: don't let your search for the right human inadvertently violate human rights!
Original air-date: May 21st 2019.
Donate to the JDRF Canada Sun Life Walk to Cure Diabetes: https://jdrf.akaraisin.com/ui/jdrfwalk19/participant/4151941

Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
Audio: Fire Away - An Update on Cannabis Legalization and the Workplace
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
In this episode of the Rudner Law Q&A series Fire Away, Stuart and Hilda Gan, HR Consultant and Founder of People Bright Consulting, talk about cannabis and the workplace, and what it has been like for employers and employees since legalization - including the implications of retail cannabis stores, which can now open in Ontario
Original air-date: April 17th 2019.

Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
Video: Fire Away - An Update on Cannabis Legalization and the Workplace
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
In this episode of the Rudner Law Q&A series Fire Away, Stuart and Hilda Gan, HR Consultant and Founder of People Bright Consulting, talk about cannabis and the workplace, and what it has been like for employers and employees since legalization - including the implications of retail cannabis stores, which can now open in Ontario
Original air-date: April 17th 2019.