Employment & Labour
Canada Guide 2025 : Nationwide - Canada
Band 1
Contact number
+1 416-367-6000About
Provided by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Our L&E Group offers a full range of services to our clients in employment matters, labour relations, human rights, occupational health and safety, privacy, pensions and benefits, and immigration.
We have extensive expertise in:
- Human resources, including drafting and litigating employment contracts, restrictive covenants, compensation, severance and stock option agreements, human rights/accommodation, attendance management, employment policy manuals, health and safety standards, health and welfare plans, pension and benefits and business immigration.
- Conducting training and investigations, including in the areas of harassment, human rights or fraud allegations.
- Labour relations advice and litigation services, including defending unionization claims, collective bargaining representation, unfair labour practice and bad-faith bargaining complaints, strikes, lockouts and picketing injunctions, successorships, common employer applications, grievances and arbitration.
- Litigating cases at all levels of court in the areas of wrongful dismissal, constructive dismissal, just cause dismissal and other civil litigation, as well as litigating before administrative tribunals such as human rights tribunals, labour relations boards, employment standards adjudicators, workers compensation boards, pay equity tribunals and occupational health and safety adjudicators.
- Advising on and litigating cases resulting from mergers, acquisitions, outsourcing transactions, relocations and closures.
Chambers Review
Borden Ladner Gervais offers stellar coverage across labour and employment law in Canada, with superb practices in Québec and Ontario, as well as providing strong support in both British Columbia and Alberta. The firm possesses in-depth knowledge of federally regulated industries and is well versed in a wide range of matters, from collective bargaining to transaction-related labour relations, human rights and grievance arbitrations. Nationally, the firm also assists with employment policies, dismissals and occupational health and safety issues. It has further expertise representing clients before various courts and tribunals, and has an enviable client roster featuring noted players from the retail, construction, healthcare, education and transportation sectors.
Work Highlights
- Borden Ladner Gervais assisted WestJet with a number of contentious employment matters, including one Court of Appeal of Alberta vaccination civil lawsuit and five unjust dismissal complaints.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The Employment team has a great breadth of talent so that we are able to enjoy the right level of resource to support complex matters in a cost-conscious way."
"Their labour and employment team understood the overall market and the various players involved."
"BLG has a pulse on the market and all the current trends, ensuring that we are on top of changes in law that affect our sector."
"The Employment team has a great breadth of talent so that we are able to enjoy the right level of resource to support complex matters in a cost-conscious way."
"Their labour and employment team understood the overall market and the various players involved."
"BLG has a pulse on the market and all the current trends, ensuring that we are on top of changes in law that affect our sector."