Sunira Chaudhri

LATEST STORIES BY SUNIRA CHAUDHRI

CHAUDHRI: Court overturns law on layoffs giving employers new hope

I recently wrote about a new case — Coutinho v Ocular Health Ltd. — where the plaintiff Ms. Coutinho was found to have been constructively dismissed after she was placed on IDEL, the infectious disease emergency leave enacted in Ontario soon after COVID began.

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June 12, 2021 Columnists

Sunira Chaudhri is an employment and labour lawyer and partner at Levitt Sheikh Chaudhri Swann. She sheds light on some questions for employees during COVID-19.

CHAUDHRI: Is the end of telecommuting near?

This week I was chatting with a mom about an issue that I normally do not encounter as an employment lawyer.

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June 5, 2021 Columnists

CHAUDHRI: Too many employees leave money on table after termination

Last week I listened to a podcast featuring the co-founder of Cisco Systems Sandy Lerner who built Cisco with her then husband Len Bosack.

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May 22, 2021 Columnists

CHAUDHRI: Court reserves special place for badly behaved employer

Melissa Ojanen worked as an articling student in 2016 at Acumen Law, in British Columbia. Her employment didn’t last long.

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May 15, 2021 Columnists

CHAUDHRI: Whopping judgment in B.C. discrimination case rocks employment world

The decision includes the largest award for damages for injury to dignity in British Columbia totalling $176,000

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May 8, 2021 Columnists

CHAUDHRI: Court confirms IDEL layoffs are employee terminations

If you were laid off during COVID-19, the case of Jessica Coutinho confirms you were likely terminated.

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May 1, 2021 Columnists

CHAUDHRI: Chauvin guilty verdict signals new era

The once impenetrable blue wall has fallen.

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April 24, 2021 Columnists

People react after the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, found guilty of the death of George Floyd, at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minn., April 20, 2021.

CHAUDHRI: Vaccination may create an elite class of employees to the detriment of others

Remote work received another big endorsement Friday as Premier Ford announced that employers must send all non essential workers home or risk being fined. This is the first time employers in office towers will also be part of the province wide push to stomp out the third wave.

April 17, 2021 Opinion

Sunira Chaudhri, a partner at Levitt LLP, is pictured in this undated handout photo.

CHAUDHRI: Slashing salaries amid pandemic lands employer in hot water

The new provincial stay-at-home emergency order has landed another brutal blow to many employees forced to stay home and hunker down until the COVID hurricane passes us by.

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April 10, 2021 Columnists

CHAUDHRI: COVID carelessness caught on video lands employees jobless

Staff at a B.C. resort were captured on video dancing maskless in a sea of young adults as music blared

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April 3, 2021 Columnists

Sunira Chaudhri

LATEST STORIES BY SUNIRA CHAUDHRI

CHAUDHRI: Court overturns law on layoffs giving employers new hope

CHAUDHRI: Is the end of telecommuting near?

CHAUDHRI: Too many employees leave money on table after termination

CHAUDHRI: Court reserves special place for badly behaved employer

CHAUDHRI: Whopping judgment in B.C. discrimination case rocks employment world

CHAUDHRI: Court confirms IDEL layoffs are employee terminations

CHAUDHRI: Chauvin guilty verdict signals new era

CHAUDHRI: Vaccination may create an elite class of employees to the detriment of others

CHAUDHRI: Slashing salaries amid pandemic lands employer in hot water

CHAUDHRI: COVID carelessness caught on video lands employees jobless

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