Media
Going Solo - Sara Forte Video Profile
This was a video profile done by Lawyers Financial to encourage lawyers to start their own small or solo practices.
Driver for surrey daycare caught using cellphone at stop light
CTV, September 28, 2017Television
URL: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/driver-for-surrey-daycare-caught-using-cellphone-at-stop-light-1.3611498
CTV asked for my opinion on whether a daycare was within its rights to fire its bus driver after she was caught using a cell phone at a stop light
B.C. government investigates company for not paying employees
Global News Hour at 6, September 27, 2017Television
URL: https://globalnews.ca/video/3773563/b-c-government-investigates-company-for-not-paying-employees
Global asked me to comment on the legal ramifications for a company that had stopped paying its employees.
Snow Day Daycare Crunch
Global News Hour at 6, February 6, 2017Television
URL: https://globalnews.ca/video/3231837/snow-day-daycare-crunch
Global asked me to comment on whether employees who have to miss work to care for their children on snow days can be fired.
CKNW, July 8, 2018Radio/Podcast
URL: https://omny.fm/shows/cknw-paid-programming/dollars-and-sense-070818-podcast
In this interview for Sands & Associates Dollars and Sense program, I was asked about when someone might need to hire an employment lawyer.
CBC Radio - On the Coast, February 6, 2017Radio/Podcast
URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/snow-day-parents-1.3969955
CBC asked me to comment on whether employees can be fired for taking snow days off to care for their kids.
Technology and Alternative Work Arrangements
CBABC BarTalk magazine, April 1, 2018Print
https://www.cbabc.org/BarTalk/Features/In-this-Issue/April-2018/Technology-and-Alternative-Work-Arrangements
Gender Identity and Expression
Canadian Lawyer InHouse Magazine, April 24, 2017Print
URL: https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/article/gender-identity-and-expression-3606/
An article about the addition of protections based on gender identity and expression in the BC Human Rights Code.
Lawyers as Employers
CBABC BarTalk Magazine, April 1, 2017Print
URL: https://www.cbabc.org/BarTalk/Columns/Guest-Column/Lawyers-as-Employers
An article on the top 3 risks lawyers should be aware of when managing their law firm staff.
Having a system in place to handle sexual-harassment complaints is better for business
The Globe and Mail, January 28, 2019Online
Sexual-harassment complaints are good for business. Seems like a radical statement, but a radical shift is what it will take to move the needle on workplace sexual harassment.
What do when you've lost your job
Yahoo News, October 25, 2013Online
URL: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/insight/ve-lost-job-195706142.html
Yahoo News asked me to comment on what someone should do when they have lost their job.
Biography
Sara Forte is an employment lawyer and founder of Forte Law in Surrey, BC. She works with employees, businesses, and unions to solve legal problems at work, from hiring to firing, and everything in between. Forte is a frequent speaker and writer on legal issues impacting work (including workplace sexual harassment), as well as on issues relevant to women entrepreneurs and women lawyers.
Recognition/Reconnaissance
New Business of The Year 2017 - Surrey Board of Trade | Professional
Past Talks
Keynote
Yukon Human Right's Commission Know More Virtual Conference
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