Employment law relates to helping clients manage workplace relationships, structuring contracts, avoiding employment issues, and representation during litigation.
Workplace relationships includes:
- Hiring and termination
- Drafting and reviewing policies and procedures
- Mergers and acquisitions, including sale of business
- Corporate reorganizations, restructuring, and closures
- Managing employment-related issues including,
- Performance
- Disability
- Human rights
- Pay equity
- Occupational health and safety
- Workers’ compensation
- Employment standards
- Employment insurance proceedings
- Canada Labour Code hearings
- Workplace violence and harassment
Employment contracts includes:
- Employment agreements, including offer letters
- Contractor agreements
- Non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality agreements
- Change of control agreements
- Stock option and bonus plans
Litigation includes:
- Wrongful dismissal
- Enforcement of obligations of terminated employees
