As soon as you walk through the door, we can talk with you honestly about your labor dispute. Once the issues are clarified, our employment lawyers will spare no effort to assert your rights. If we have to negotiate, we will. But if your employee refuses to listen to reason, our lawyers will take out their legal arsenal to win your case in court.
At Devichy we care about our clients and we practice labour law with an aggressive attention to detail and a careful eye on controlling costs for the client. We are efficient and effective. Maitre Tellier has 14 years of experience serving employers.
Terminations
- Termination / severance packages for employees, including the calculation of reasonable notice
- Mass termination, transfer, sale or closure of a business
- Allegations and implications for just cause dismissals
- Termination of employees with disabilities without breaking the law
- Temporary lay offs
- Tax implications
- Release of liability
Discipline
- Employee’s Performance
- Escalating discipline procedures, including the building of a case for just cause dismissal
- Suspensions
- Demotions
- Response to complaints from employees and third parties about specific employees
- Enforcement of safety policies through discipline
Policy
- Health and safety policies
- Workplace violence policies
- Sexual harrassment policies
- Disability accommodation policies
- Anti-discrimination policies
- Social media policies
- Non-competition, non-solicitation and confidentiality (trade secrets) policies.
- Employee handbooks, including general employee conduct and expectations
Hiring
- Employment contracts
- Independent and dependent contractor classifications
- Termination clauses to limit the amount of termination pay in lieu of notice to pay a terminated employee
- Restrictive covenants, including non-solicitation, non-competition and confidentiality (trade secret) protection
- Incentive awards (equity granting, RSUs, stock options, etc.)
- Benefits
- Executive compensation
- Discrimination concerns in the hiring process
Human Rights
- Response to disability accommodation requests
- Response to employee allegations of discrimination
- Response to employee allegations of harassment
- Request of medical information
- Drug and alcohol testing
Employment Standards
- Classification of managers and supervisors
- Hours of work and eating periods
- Overtime pay
- Public holidays
- Vacation with pay
- Pregnancy and parental leave
- Family medical leave
- Emergency leave
Workplace Investigations
- Toxic work environment
- Bullying
- Sexual harassment
- Discrimination
- Allegations of cause
- Inappropriate employee behaviour
- Theft
- Insurance fraud
- Whistleblowers
- Breach of restrictive covenants
Litigation
- Wrongful dismissal
- Wrongful resignation
- Constructive dismissal
- Human Rights
- Injunctions to enforce non-competition, non-solicitation and confidentiality (trade secrets)
- Libel and defamation
- Theft recovery
- Breach of commercial agreements (i.e. lawsuits initiated by or against contracted workers)
Occupational Health and Safety
- CSST
- Health and safety policies and training
- Reporting
- Inspections and investigations
- Post-accident investigations
- Appeal of Health and Safety decisions
Union Certification
- Assistance in dealing with Union Certification
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