Employment Law - For Employers

The biggest problem facing employers is that there is no one law or single, readily accessible guidebook that explains all of your obligations as an employer. The vast majority of employers’ legal problems with their employees arise from the fact that the employer makes the wrong decision as a result of not knowing the rules or, even worse, consulting one source of the rules (for example, the Employment Standards Act) and assuming that following the Act will not create liability. The Employment Standards Act is just one piece of a complex puzzle of rules and laws that apply to employers.

The truth is that once you hire an employee, you acquire a host of responsibilities and obligations. We are the resource you need to understand those obligations and to help you take steps to reduce your potential liabilities. In our opinion, every employer needs access to a knowledgeable employment lawyer.

We can help you in many ways:

1) Reduce your liability for termination and severance by implementing proper employment contracts;

2) Protect your goodwill and customer base by creating confidentiality and non-solicitation agreements;

3) Advise you how to conduct investigations into misconduct;

4) Guide you through the process of disciplining and terminating employees for misconduct;

5) Assist you in becoming compliant with your statutory obligations as an employer, including mandatory policies and training;

6) Review or create policies and procedures for personnel;

7) Assist you in creating termination packages and negotiating with the employee or their counsel;

8) Respond to and defend claims for wrongful dismissal; and

9) Investigate, respond to and defend claims of harassment, discrimination or other Human Rights complaints.

Our best employment clients are “well-trained”. Over the course of their relationship with us, we have taught them to identify the situations for which they need to call to get our advice. They call before the problem gets out of control and we guide them through the process. The result is that these clients spend much less on legal fees than they would if they had waited for the problem to hit the proverbial fan.

Our job is to help you steer clear of the problems that you can avoid and to respond to the ones you can’t.