Employment

About

Provided by Asters

Asters attorneys advise clients in nearly all industries on an entire spectrum of employment matters from drafting of agreements to litigation. The experience of our labour and employment lawyers includes: legal advice, counseling and training, personnel hearings, collective bargaining, grievance hearings, investigations, arbitration, litigation, and compliance.

Specifically, Asters attorneys routinely advise on the issues such as:

• employment planning for start-up businesses;
• employment of foreign citizens, including employment permits and management services agreements;
• collective bargaining and agreements;
• reorganizations and redundancies;
• coordination of corporate elections and employment formalities;
• wage arrears and compensation plans, payroll tax planning;
• compliance with mandatory preferential treatment requirements for junior and senior employees and women, structure of work time and vacation time;
• termination and severance payments;
• workers' compensation and workplace safety;
• mediation and litigation; and
• other labour issues, such as labour agreements and contracts; development of compliant labour policies and procedures including benefit packages and incentive programs.