Episodes
Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
Signed, Sealed... Negotiated?
Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
Would you buy a car and then try to negotiate the price later? That is effectively what you're doing when you sign a severance package and then try to go back later on and get more money. And for whatever reason, we've seen an increase in the number of calls we're getting from people that have already signed their severance package and now want to meet with us and have us assess it.
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Insubordination and Dismissal
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Friday Mar 12, 2021
This vlog was inspired by a very simple question: can you be fired for refusing to do what your boss asks you to do? Is that insubordination? What is insubordination anyways?
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Termination Terminology
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Friday Mar 12, 2021
In this video update, Stuart clarifies some of the terms that are used in the world of employment law relating to dismissals.
Friday Mar 12, 2021
COVID-19 and the Workplace: Where Are We Now? PART TWO
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Stuart is joined by fellow Rudner Law members Brittany Taylor and Nadia Zaman on this episode of Fire Away. They addressed current issues relating to COVID-19 and the workplace.
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Post-Termination Entitlements to Compensation or Bonuses
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Stuart Rudner gives a video update on a case he reported on almost exactly two years ago - Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada has now weighed in on the issue of when employees will be entitled to things like bonuses or other variable compensation post termination.
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Fire Away - How are Businesses Handling The "New Normal"?
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Stuart is joined by Brian Shifman, President and CEO of Vaughan Chamber of Commerce to discuss how businesses and operating and managing their reopening during COVID-19, and what challenges they are dealing with.
Original air date: September 15th, 2020
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
In his latest Fire Away segment, Stuart discusses the fact that what you post online can have consequences and cost you your current job, or a future job opportunity.
Friday Dec 13, 2019
Fire Away - Conducting Investigations in the Workplace
Friday Dec 13, 2019
Friday Dec 13, 2019
In this episode of the Rudner Law Q&A series Fire Away, Stuart and Eric Poirier of Argus Research Group, talk about conducting investigations in the workplace.
Original air-date: November 19 2019.
Thursday Sep 19, 2019
Rudner Law Video Update: Termination Clauses
Thursday Sep 19, 2019
Thursday Sep 19, 2019
Termination clauses have had an ongoing saga in our courts with people challenging them and trying to avoid the implications of what they signed, which can have tremendous implications.