Tim Lawson

Ranked in 1 Practice Areas

Band 2

Employment & Labour

Ontario

8 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Tim Lawson

Canada

Practice Areas

Tim is a partner in Toronto and the Head of McCarthy Tetrault’s National Labour and Employment Group. Practicing Canadian management-side labour and employment law on behalf of national and global employers. Provides advice and advocacy in all areas including union organizing, appellate advocacy, collective bargaining, grievance arbitration, provincial and federal labour boards, corporate structuring pre-and post-acquisition, human rights, employment standards, workers compensation, privacy, and pay and employment equity. Frequent author, interviewee and speaker on labour and employment issues and government policy.

Career

Ontario Bar, 1993

Professional Memberships

CBA, LSO, Toronto Law Association, American Bar Association, Transport Lawyers Association, Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers.

Publications

Reopening a Safe Workplace: To test employees temperatures or not? (June 2020), published by Toronto Law Journal (with Patrick Pengelly)

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Canada

Employment & Labour - Ontario

Band 2

Tim Lawson represents a number of major clients in employment litigation involving industrial relations, in which he has frequently appeared before the Supreme Court. His experience also includes acting on matters before the Ontario Labour Relations Board. Based in Toronto, he is the firm's national head of its employment and labour practice.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

"Tim is an experienced, employment law expert who has the ability to apply his expertise in the real world. He is a pleasure to work with and is incredibly responsive."