Federal employment and labour

Federal employment and labour

Employers regulated by federal labour laws face constant challenges as hundreds of new regulations are introduced each year. Increasing penalties for non-compliance intensify the need to stay proactive and informed.

Clients depend on us for bilingual strategic advice and representation before courts, tribunals and arbitrators in all matters of employment disputes and human rights complaints. We represent private and public employers across Canada in a range of industries including media and telecommunications, rail, road and air transportation, financial services, energy, postal and courier services, passenger transit and security, and federal Crown corporations and agencies.

Our integrated team monitors regulatory developments to ensure that employers fully understand their own rights and obligations—and those of their employees. Our team members possess extensive experience in appearing before the Canada Industrial Relations Board, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal and the Federal Court, and have also been involved in the negotiation of myriads of national collective agreements.

We have expertise in employment disputes including advising and representing employers in matters of:

certification applications
employee discipline and discharge
unfair labour practice allegations
bad faith bargaining charges
successorship and common employer applications
bargaining unit consolidations
essential services disputes
unlawful strikes and binding interest arbitration
collective agreements in many key sectors of the economy
individual and group terminations and layoffs

We also handle human rights and related issues including advising and representing employers with respect to development of policies and strategies or defence in investigations or complaints related to: