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Employment covers both contentious and non-contentious employment matters relating to day-to-day business issues as well as mergers and takeovers. Includes employment litigation related to sex, race, and age discrimination. Lawyers also advise on the writing of policy handbooks for major corporates and HR training. Chambers Canada separately ranks lawyers and law firms who act exclusively for unions and employees. In Chambers Canada, labour law firms represent corporates in their dealings with union issues, collective bargaining agreements and strike avoidance. This section also covers occupational health and safety act legislation and proceedings before labour and industrial relations boards.

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Band 1
  1. Bennett Jones LLP
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    Bennett Jones LLP
    Employment & Labour
    2023 | Band 1 | 8 Years Ranked
    Bennett Jones is a top Calgary-headquartered law firm that maintains a robust employment and labour practice with noted expertise in high-level mandates arising from M&A transactions and restructuring proceedings. The team has further strengths in an array of other issues such as disability claims, privacy, health and safety, compensation and workplace investigations. The firm also handles union and labour issues. It offers advice to clients in sectors such as real estate, energy and natural resources and maintains a substantive level of activity in complex, high-value litigation.
  2. McLennan Ross LLP
    Employment & Labour
    2023 | Band 1
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Band 2
  1. Burnet Duckworth & Palmer LLP
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    Burnet Duckworth & Palmer LLP
    Employment & Labour
    2023 | Band 2 | 8 Years Ranked
    Burnet Duckworth & Palmer is a leading Alberta-based law firm operating from a well-established office in Calgary. It maintains one of the top labour and employment practices in the province and acts for a variety of major employers. The firm assists clients with a diverse array of issues, including collective agreements, labour relations matters, the drafting of employment contracts, executive terminations and wrongful dismissal cases. The employment and labour group also advises on transactional employment mandates and employment-related litigation. It is capable of representing defendants and plaintiffs alike.
  2. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
    Employment & Labour
    2023 | Band 2 | 7 Years Ranked
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt is a national law firm with a respected employment team in Alberta that can advise on the full cycle of labour and employment matters, such as hiring, severance and compensation, as well as workplace health and safety and discrimination. It is also capable of handling human rights cases, workplace investigations and complex labour relations litigation. Osler's Calgary office often advises major national and international companies in the oil and gas and natural resources sectors, with additional industry expertise covering financial services and technology.
  3. Stikeman Elliott LLP
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    Stikeman Elliott LLP
    Employment & Labour
    2023 | Band 2 | 3 Years Ranked
    Stikeman Elliott is a major national firm with an increasingly well-respected labour and employment team in Calgary. It frequently acts for both provincial and federal clients on transactional employment issues, including the employment aspects of high-profile M&A; further areas of expertise include workplace harassment claims, constructive dismissals and collective agreements. Stikeman's client list for employment and labour matters features major employers from the energy, chemical and oil and gas sectors. Its lawyers also represent individual employees, including former executives.
  4. DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
    Employment & Labour
    2023 | Band 2
  5. Neuman Thompson
    Employment & Labour
    2023 | Band 2
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Band 3
  1. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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    Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
    Employment & Labour
    2023 | Band 3 | 6 Years Ranked
    Borden Ladner Gervais fields a comprehensive employment and labour practice in Calgary which covers a broad spectrum of issues. Its lawyers enjoy a strong reputation at both a provincial and national level, with the team advising clients hailing from both the public and private sectors. Its client list also features leading employers from the construction, retail, transportation, energy and healthcare industries. BLG's Alberta team is highly experienced in all forms of employment litigation; it also represents employers in arbitration proceedings and before employment tribunals. The firm also offers complementary expertise in pensions and benefits and occupational health and safety.
  2. Dentons Canada LLP
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    Dentons Canada LLP
    Employment & Labour
    2023 | Band 3 | 8 Years Ranked
    Dentons offers a well-regarded employment practice in Alberta with expertise based across both its Calgary and Edmonton offices. The team has experience in both litigation and advisory employment work, acting for clients in sectors such as oil and gas and education. It also offers counsel to a range of management-side clients on matters such as labour relations, the negotiation of labour agreements and workplace human rights issues. In these matters it regularly appears before all levels of courts and administrative tribunals, including the Supreme Court. Dentons' Alberta team is also highly sought after for its experience in handling the employment aspects of M&A.
  3. Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
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    Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
    Employment & Labour
    2023 | Band 3 | 6 Years Ranked
    The Calgary office of Gowling WLG is home to a dynamic employment and labour practice which advises clients ranging from start-ups and SMEs to large international corporations operating in sectors such as oil and gas, transportation and technology. The firm is capable of advising on the full gamut of M&A-related employment mandates, including those with cross-border aspects. The team is also skilled at conducting grievance arbitration hearings, with further strength in business immigration law.
  4. McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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    McCarthy Tétrault LLP
    Employment & Labour
    2023 | Band 3 | 8 Years Ranked
    McCarthy Tétrault's Calgary office advises on a range of employment and labour matters, with particular areas of expertise including terminations and workforce reduction, occupational health and safety matters and collective agreements. The firm regularly acts as employment counsel on M&A transactions and also has expertise in human rights, data protection and regulatory compliance issues. The practice works on behalf of many employers in the energy and oil and gas sectors, as well as acting for education and hospitality clients. It is increasingly involved in drafting employment policies concerning the medical use of cannabis.
  5. Field Law
    Employment & Labour
    2023 | Band 3