Dave called me up last year. He worked for the same Collingwood construction company for 27 years. He was good at what he did and was well paid. Last year, the company announced that Dave’s construction unit would be sold. The word went out that all jobs would be preserved, but there was one little […]
Let Tamming Law help answer your questions about your employment and the Corona Virus Crisis. Canada has never faced a crisis of this nature before. Most employers are running scared. Their cash on hand is being drained as they try to continue to make payroll. Most employees are also worried about their jobs. The only […]
IF I WAS INJURED AT WORK, WHY CAN’T I SUE? If you are injured in the course of many kinds of work, often you have no right to sue. You are stuck with the inferior benefits of our worker’s compensation system (“WSIB”). The law puts a huge “No Trespassing” sign in front of your local […]
Collingwood lawyer John A. Tamming represents employees who are wrongfully terminated, helping fight for full compensation and ensuring the employee’s rights are protected. When it comes to terminating employees, employers do not always do what is required by law. There are many misconceptions about an employee’s rights on termination, and unfortunately, some employers try to […]
Collingwood employment lawyer John A. Tamming is skilled at advising his clients on all aspects of employment law, from reviewing job offers to negotiating termination packages. If you are wondering whether you could benefit from the assistance of an employment lawyer, read on for our list of 4 things an employment lawyer can do for […]
Collingwood’s Tamming Law sees firsthand that the loss of employment can devastate a person, both financially and emotionally. The devastating effects are worsened where the loss of employment is brought about as a result of a wrongful dismissal. Unless an employee is being fired for “just cause” an employer is required by law to give […]
“Getting fired is nature’s way of telling you that you had the wrong job in the first place.” – anon Sometimes a person loses her job out of the blue; she never saw it coming. But I have found that usually the employee has an idea of what is coming down, that he has been […]
I receive more calls and emails about workplace harassment topics than anything else. And that makes sense – many of us spend more time with our manager and co-workers than we do with our spouses. When work goes south, we go south. My boss called me fat. I’ve been cut out of important meetings. I’ve […]
Things did not go well last month for a certain member of the RCMP. Officer Merrifield alleged that his bosses on the force harassed him as payback because he ran (unsuccessfully) for a political party. He said, among other things, that he was transferred around and investigated for alleged petty offences. He sued for workplace […]
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram: nice to have but possibly fatal to your career. Improper use of social media can lead to damaged corporate reputations, fractured workplaces and upset co-workers. TORONTO’S TWEETING FIREFIGHTERS In 2013, offensive, sexist posts made via Twitter by two Toronto fire fighters were exposed in the media shortly after the Toronto Fire Services […]
