James Knight
Canada Guide 2025
Eminent Practitioners : Employment & Labour
Eminent Practitioners
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Provided by James Knight
Practice Areas
■ Attendance & Disability Management
■ Collective Bargaining
■ Discipline, Discharge & Terminations
■ Employee Benefits
■ Employee & Management Training
■ Employment Contracts
■ Employment Policies & Practices Employment Standards
■ Grievance & Interest Arbitrations
■ Human Rights Matters
■ Investigations
■ Labour Board Representation
■ Occupational Health & Safety
■ Pay Equity
■ Pensions Privacy/Freedom of Information
■ Purchase & Sale/Corporate Restructuring
■ Union Certification & Decertification
■ Workplace Safety & Insurance
■ Wrongful Dismissal & Other Civil Litigation
Professional Memberships
Law Society of Ontario
The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (USA)
Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers (CACE)
Human Resources Professionals Association
Publications
Canadian Collective Bargaining Law: Principles and Practice
Employment Litigation Manual
Halsbury’s Laws of Canada (Labour)
Annual Quick Reference Guides (Carswell):
Canada Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
Ontario Human Rights Code
Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Act
Ontario Labour Relations Act
Canada Labour Code
Canadian Human Rights Act
Other Publications:
Managing Your Unionized Workplace
Managing Your Union-Free Workplace
Investigating Harassment in the Workplace
HR Manager’s Guide to Health and Safety
Workplace Safety and Insurance – Employer’s Guide
Chambers Review
Canada
Managing partner, James Knight, is an employment lawyer who enjoys a stellar reputation and a strong track record acting before the courts, labour tribunals and arbitration boards. His primary areas of expertise include health and safety cases, human rights matters and disputes over employment standards. He works out of the firm's Toronto and Hamilton offices.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is a great lawyer."
"He is a great lawyer."