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Workplace discrimination occurs when an employee is either treated unfairly or terminated. And that termination or that unfair treatment is related to a protected ground under the Alberta Human Rights Act. That can include mental or physical disability, gender, age, race, those types of things. If you feel like you’ve

My name is Chloe. I’m a Client Care Specialist here at Litco Law in Calgary. A Client Care Specialist is really the main point of contact for our clients. Largely, what we do is just make sure that our clients are feeling supported throughout their claims process. So, a lot

Hi, I’m Fred Litwiniuk. I’ve been a practicing lawyer for over 23 years and in fact, I grew up in a law firm. The very first law firm that I ever spent time in was Litwiniuk and Company, a law firm started by my parents. And I spent time there

The best piece of advice I would give to a client is always focus on your recovery and trust the process. Leave all the legal headaches for us to deal with and just focus on getting better.

I’m a personal injury lawyer. I work out of our Edmonton and Red Deer offices. I’m originally from Red Deer. My wife and I now have an acreage outside of Ponoka. When people get hurt in motor vehicle accidents, they come see me and I help them navigate the legal

In a pedestrian accident in Alberta, the driver is going to be presumed to be at fault unless they can show there were circumstances that would release them from that fault.

I have handled many pedestrian accident cases. The most successful ones tend to involve the gathering of evidence as to what happened at the scene. Fairly early on in the case, it’s important to retain counsel early on to ensure that if there’s video evidence that it can be preserved,

You should absolutely have a lawyer review your severance package before signing. There’s things that we look for in a severance package that most people don’t notice. And we can make sure that you’re getting a fair offer from the company.

A particularly memorable case that I worked on was a situation where an employer was preventing an employee from receiving their stock options in accordance with the stock option plan. The employee had tried on numerous occasions to have the employer pay without success. We reached out to the company

If you are discriminated against in the workplace, you essentially have two options. The first one is obviously an Alberta human rights complaint. You can bring that for any form of discrimination. Secondarily, if you are terminated as a result of the discrimination, you would also have a civil claim

No, your employer can’t legally retaliate if you make a report of harassment. Alberta law protects employees from any negative treatment or termination for making a good faith complaint about workplace harassment.

We get this question a lot and a lot of people aren’t sure if they can actually negotiate for more or if this number is set in stone. There’s always options for employees to negotiate their severance packages. Typically, employers will offer something on the lower end of that range.