The Employment & Labour Group at Stikeman Elliott brings a business-focused approach to the advice we provide employers on all facets of the individual and collective employment relationship, both at the provincial and federal level. With a team that includes lawyers in Montréal, Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver, Stikeman Elliott provides integrated advisory, litigation and transactional capability across the country.
The Group is a full-service practice area within the firm, delivering advice to employers on a wide range of employment and labour mandates, including all matters of employment and labour disputes, on-going compliance and advisory matters as well as complex transactions. Members of the Employment & Labour Group also work closely with the Pensions & Benefits team to deliver bespoke legal solutions on increasingly sophisticated and complex pension executive compensation matters. This integrated capability ensures that clients receive advice in a timely, cost-effective and efficient manner by calling upon appropriate, targeted resources.
Stikeman Elliott lawyers work proactively with unionized and non-unionized employers to help them structure and manage the human resource aspects of their organizations. Members of the Employment & Labour Group help clients analyze and mitigate their risks with an eye toward business expediency and cost-effectiveness. We provide cutting edge knowledge on emerging legal issues and best practices through our blog, publications and complimentary training.
Our Expertise
- Business immigration
- Collective bargaining
- Compliance with employment statutes
- Confidentiality and intellectual property
- Directors and officers liability
- Discipline and termination of employment
- Drug testing
- Employee relations program
- Employment agreements
- Employment-related class actions
- French language requirements
- HR policies
- Human rights claims
- Industrial conflicts
- Labour arbitration and dispute resolution
- Labour relations
- Management and employee training
- Occupational health and safety
- Pay equity
- Privacy and data protection (access to information)
- Restrictive covenants
- Successor-employer proceedings
- Termination, layoffs, severance practices and arrangements
- Transaction advice
- Unfair labour practices
- Union organizing, certification and decertification
- Worker’s compensation assessments
- Wrongful dismissal claims