Employment & Labour Law Lawyer in Scarborough & Toronto

What's Included

Our employment & labour law practice covers the full scope of work most clients need:

• Termination and severance review
• Wrongful dismissal claims
• Employment contract drafting and review
• Non-solicitation and non-competition advice
• Workplace harassment and human rights complaints
• Constructive dismissal claims
• Employment Standards Act complaints
• Negotiated exit packages

What to Bring

• Employment contract
• Termination letter / ROE
• Recent pay stubs and T4s
• Performance reviews
• Correspondence about the termination

Don't have everything ready? Send what you have and we'll guide you through the rest.

Employment & Labour Lawyers Serving Ontario Employees and Employers

Most people only deal with employment law during the worst week of their working life — the day they are terminated, or the day they are forced to walk out of a toxic workplace. Our job is to make that week as short as possible and to recover the severance you are actually owed under Ontario and federal law.

Severance — what you are really entitled to

Most Ontario employers offer the bare minimum: the notice and severance set out in the Employment Standards Act, which is typically only one week per year of service. The common law entitlement is usually far higher — often three to four weeks per year, with strong upward push for older employees, longer service, senior positions and a difficult job market. Twenty-four months is the practical ceiling for most non-executive roles.

Whether your employment contract validly limits your entitlement is the central question in almost every termination file. Ontario courts have struck down a long list of termination clauses over the past five years — including in Waksdale, Render, Rahman and others — for failing to comply with the ESA. We pressure-test every contract before recommending a settlement number.

Constructive dismissal

A unilateral change in compensation, role, reporting structure, hours or location can amount to a constructive dismissal — legally treated as if the employer fired you. Constructive dismissals are timing-sensitive: if you stay too long and don't object in writing, you can be found to have accepted the change. Call us before you decide whether to resign.

Workplace human rights, harassment and reprisal

Ontario's Human Rights Code and Occupational Health and Safety Act protect employees from discrimination, harassment and reprisal. Claims can be filed at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, the Ministry of Labour, or as part of a wrongful dismissal action. Damages for human-rights breaches are paid in addition to severance.

For employers

We also act for small and mid-sized GTA employers on compliant employment contracts, performance-management strategies, severance planning, restrictive covenants and the response to active claims at the Ministry of Labour, HRTO or Superior Court. Proactive legal work routinely costs a fraction of cleaning up a problem after the fact.

Just received a termination letter? Don't sign anything. Send us the package for a free review and we will tell you what it's worth and what to do next.