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WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2011
TO SIGN IS TO SEAL
WORKPLACE LAW DANIEL LUBLIN DAN@CANADA EMPLOYMENTLAWYER.COM TWITTER: @DANLUBLIN
What happens if a group of justdismissed, hourly wage employees, who barely speak English, sign a broad-ranging
release preventing them from taking further legal action? Does it matter that their former employer paid them next to nothing to sign that release or that the employees feared they would get nothing at all if they refused to sign it? According to a recent human rights decision that amazes even me, the answer is that it does not matter at all! Just-fired from their jobs as general labourers at Global Egg Corporation, a group of 10 Span-
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ish-speaking former employees found themselves in a pickle. Presented with a severance agreement that they claimed not to understand, they were given one week to sign the documents, in exchange for an extra one or two weeks’ pay, or they could refuse, in which case they thought they would not receive anything at all... DANIEL LUBLIN IS AN
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MENT LAWYER WITH WHITTEN & LUBLIN LLP. READ THIS STORY IN ITS ENTIRETY AT METRONEWS.CA
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