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Provided by Kelly O'Ferrall
Kelly helps local and international clients identify and implement strategies to mitigate workplace related legal risks. She provides tailored advice to clients on best practices for developing and maintaining workplace policies and for complying with employment standards, human rights, workplace safety, and employee privacy laws. Kelly regularly negotiates contractual agreements on behalf of employers, including executive employment and consulting agreements, restrictive covenant terms, as well as termination arrangements for departing employees. She also represents clients in response to constructive dismissal, human rights, as well as other employees claims and complaints. Kelly has substantial experience providing timely and practical advice on the labour and employment law aspects of corporate transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions, insolvencies, restructuring and outsourcing transactions. She also assists public and private companies with implementing employee and executive compensation arrangements, such as bonus plans, stock option plans, and other equity and non-equity based compensation arrangements, in all cases tailored to meet her clients needs. Kelly has recently advised numerous clients on workplace-related matters arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. She works with her clients to create practical COVID-19 health and safety policies, re-opening and return to office (RTO) plans, as well as the necessary practices and protocols to promote workplace safety in the current environment. She also frequently advises on temporary layoffs and mass terminations, special leaves and other statutory exceptions related to COVID-19 and managing changes to employees’ terms and conditions of employment (including compensation arrangements in response to the pandemic).
Osgoode Hall Law School, J.D.
Queens University’s, Honours B.A.
Queen’s University, B.Sc.
Bar Admission: Ontario, 2009
Canadian Bar Association
Ontario Bar Association
Law Society of Ontario
Provided by Chambers
Kelly O'Ferrall splits her time between Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt's Toronto and Ottawa offices. She assists clients with employment matters arising from transactions as well as executive employment contracts and remuneration and dismissal issues.
Provided by Chambers
Kelly is very responsive, prompt and thoughtful. She does all our complicated work and engages her team to give good advice.
We have full confidence in Kelly's advice, which is always very balanced and commercial.
Kelly has a wealth of knowledge and experience and I appreciate her thoughtful and practical advice.
Kelly always responds quickly to our questions and gives guidance that is practical and applicable, very much taking account of our business and commercial context.
Kelly is very responsive, prompt and thoughtful. She does all our complicated work and engages her team to give good advice.
We have full confidence in Kelly's advice, which is always very balanced and commercial.
Kelly has a wealth of knowledge and experience and I appreciate her thoughtful and practical advice.
Kelly always responds quickly to our questions and gives guidance that is practical and applicable, very much taking account of our business and commercial context.
