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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Employment & Labour

Canada Guide 2027 : Nationwide - Canada

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

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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

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Employment & Labour - Nationwide - Canada

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP 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.

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Work Highlights

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  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP acted for Invesco Canada on employment aspects of its sale of management agreements, representing CAD26 billion in total assets and 100 mutual funds and ETFs.

Strengths

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  • The BLG team has a range and breadth of expertise, along with the ability to de-jargonise the subject matter and make complex concepts easier to understand by breaking them down into simpler components.

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  • This department provides clear guidance, breaking down legal complexity into actionable advice and consistently tailoring advice to our strategic context.

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  • BLG is very familiar with our business, values and operating reality. The team provides very sound advice, with a practical problem-solving approach, and aligns with our organisational values well.

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  • The team at BLG are experts in the field and are fanatical about giving excellent service to their clients.

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  • Borden Ladner Gervais has a very strong employment litigation bench and is truly outcomes-focused.

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