Overview
Employment law continues to evolve and the implications for your business can be significant. GR’s Employment & Labour Group provides strategic, business-focused advice to employers and executives, combining deep legal knowledge with a clear understanding of how workplace issues affect day-to-day operations, long-term planning, and ultimately, your business success.
We offer integrated guidance across all areas of workplace law, including human rights and accommodation, workplace health and safety, workers’ compensation, employment standards, and labour relations. By connecting these often overlapping areas, we help clients manage risk, satisfy regulatory requirements, and make informed decisions with confidence.
Our team supports clients throughout the entire employment lifecycle – from hiring to termination and everything in between. We advise on workplace policies, employment and executive agreements, and ongoing compliance matters, and conduct independent, defensible workplace investigations. We also provide strategic counsel in unionized environments, including collective bargaining and dispute resolution, and represent clients in wrongful dismissal claims and other complex litigation.
We regularly assist organizations with workforce restructuring, downsizing initiatives, and cross-border employment considerations. Working with both unionized and non-unionized employers, we take a practical approach to structuring and managing workforces, aligned with each client’s operational and strategic priorities.
By collaborating closely with colleagues across our firm, including pensions and benefits, we deliver coordinated, tailored solutions that address the full scope of workplace challenges, so you can focus on running your business.
Expertise
- Employment agreements and executive contracts
- Terminations, layoffs, and severance
- Workplace policies and employee relations programs
- Labour arbitration and dispute resolution
- Union organizing, certification, and decertification
- Pay equity and employment standards compliance
- Occupational health and safety
- Workers’ compensation
- Privacy and data protection in the workplace
- Restrictive covenants and confidentiality
- Employment-related class actions
- Directors’ and officers’ liability
- Transactional support and successor employer issues
Get in touch
To learn more about how our Employment and Labour team can support your business, get in touch with one of our team leaders.