Employment
One of an employer's most valuable assets is the people it employs. Everyday, employers balance the best interests of the workforce and the business goals of the organization. We help maintain that balance and work with employers to achieve successful and productive employee/employer relations. We act for and advise employers on all aspects of employment law, including:
- Advising on human resources and talent management issues
- Counseling on corporate governance and restructuring
- Assisting with commercial transactions
- Developing employment contracts and employee policies and procedures
- Mediating workplace disputes
- Training your employees, management, human resources and legal teams
- Providing litigation support
Our goal is to provide employers with timely, cost-conscience, practical, strategic legal advice on employment practices and concerns. Ultimately, we are a resource for your human resources and legal teams. Our specific services include:
- Training seminars for your employees and management, human resources and legal teams
- Hiring practices and pre-employment background screening
- Employment contracts, consulting agreements and executive compensation agreements
- Employment policies such as drug and alcohol, discipline, and performance improvement management
- Employment Standards Code and Alberta Human Rights Act compliance and complaint support
- Workers' Compensation Board assistance
- Disability claims, employee absenteeism and accommodation management
- Director and officer liability
- Fiduciary obligations and enforcement
- Confidentiality, non-solicitation and non-competition agreements and enforcement
- Termination and severance advice, including group lay-off and termination
- Wrongful dismissal and other employment related litigation
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