Top tips from an employment lawyer

Readers regularly seek advice from employment lawyer Daniel Lublin, filling our e-mail box with legal questions about workplace law. He's answered queries about severance, maternity leave, workplace spying, and what's legal (and what's not) at work. Here are some of his most-read columns this year.

1. How much severance can I expect?

2. I'm unionized, can I sue my employer or union?

3. Do employers have a right to spy on workers?

4. The ins and outs of job severance

5. Is your boss tough, or just a bully?

6. Can my employer force me to sign a non-complete clause?

7. Is your employment lawyer the real deal?

8. Is it legal to lay off a worker on maternity leave?

9. What are the rights of a worker on indefinite sick leave?

10. How to strike back against workplace bullying