Areas of Expertise

The employment and labour law practice at Sherrard Kuzz LLP is extensive:

• Acquisitions, Divestitures and Restructurings
• Administrative Law
• Advising the Multinational and Multi-Jurisdictional Employer
• Attendance Management
• Canada Industrial Relations Board Proceedings
• Civil Litigation
• Collective Agreement Administration
• Collective Bargaining
• Compensation and Benefit Plans
• Construction Labour Relations
• Employee Relations
• Employee Screening and Hiring
• Employment Contracts
• Employment Standards
• Executive Compensation
• Grievance Arbitration
• Human Rights
• Injunctive Court Proceedings and Judicial Review
• Interest Arbitration
• Management Training
• Mediation
• Occupational Health and Safety
• Ontario Labour Relations Board Proceedings
• Pay Equity
• Privacy
• Responding to Union Organizing and Applications for Certification
• Sale or Closure
• Strike/Lock-Out
• Workplace Audits
• Workplace Investigations
• Workplace Safety and Insurance
• Wrongful Dismissal Litigation

Clients

Our team has expertise assisting clients in a many industries and sectors:

Publications, Public Speaking and Teaching

Our lawyers regularly write for industry and professional publications, lecture for members of the employment and labour bar, and employer associations and clients. We also host a series of employment and labour law seminars entitled “HReview”, publish a newsletter entitled “Management Counsel”, and teach at Canadian law schools and at the Ontario Bar Admission Course.

Members of the firm also regularly conduct client-specific workshops and seminars on a wide variety of issues to assist individual employers, management and supervisory personnel. Topics have included, but are not limited to: in-depth analysis of employment-related legislation, employee relations programs, progressive discipline, attendance management and privacy, to name a few.