Fasken, Employment & Labour | Chambers Canada Profile

About

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Appropriately navigating the labour, employment, and human rights landscapes is essential to attracting, retaining, and motivating your employees and by extension successfully maintaining and developing your business.

With offices in all the major city centres across Canada, our Labour, Employment & Human Rights (LEHR) lawyers work with clients to provide proactive and pragmatic advice. Whether you need help to conclude innovative collective agreements or create risk management and compliance programs, we have the in-depth knowledge and experience required. In the event disputes arise, we will help you defuse tension among stakeholders and skillfully represent your interests in court, before tribunals or at arbitration.

As one of the largest national labour, employment and human rights practices in Canada, we are able to comprehensively assist clients with their LEHR needs across the country in a coordinated manner. We represent major federally regulated employers including banks, airlines, telecommunication companies and Crown corporations. We also advise many significant employers in a broad range of provincially regulated sectors including retail, manufacturing, mining, agriculture, education, health, financial services, among others.

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Employment & Labour - Nationwide - Canada

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What the Team is Known For

Fasken operates a full-service employment and labour group with market-leading practices in Ontario, Québec and British Columbia. The firm's lawyers are regularly sought out for their experience advising federally regulated employers on matters of national significance. The labour, employment and human rights team advises on a broad range of mandates, including occupational health and safety, labour relations, collective bargaining and issues stemming from mergers, takeovers and disposals. In the fields of employment and labour, Fasken also has a strong track record of appearances before arbitrators, labour relations boards, tribunals and the Supreme Court of Canada. The firm represents clients from a wide range of industries, including transportation, finance, energy and communications.

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Work Highlights

Fasken advised the Canadian Olympic Committee, Canadian Paralympic Committee and Pride Toronto on a variety of employment matters, including contract development and review, updating employment policies and training.

Strengths

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We have a philosophy of seeking the best legal advice for specific issues that arise and that can be consistently accessed through Fasken.