Office Locations: In Canada – Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver; With more than 20,000 people, 12,000 lawyers and 200 locations, Dentons has the talent for what you need, where you need it.
Dentons is designed to be different. The challenges that our clients are navigating and the opportunities they are advancing are changing at an accelerating pace. We are a law firm that embraces change and can help you grow, protect, operate and finance your organization. This is why Dentons is organized to offer more than legal insight; we help you find business solutions, in a seamless fashion, across the globe.
Whether large or small, unionized or nonunionized, an organization's workforce is one of its most vital and complex elements. To manage the myriad issues it presents, you need an experienced and highly regarded legal partner.
Turn to Dentons' Employment and Labor group in Canada for customized, effective, multijurisdictional advice on employment and labor matters. Protecting your business is our primary concern, whether intellectual property, through tailor-made employment contracts, restrictive covenant and confidentiality agreements or other methods. Let our seasoned team help you formulate policies and procedures governing matters such as
When dealing with organizational restructuring or change management, trust our comprehensive counsel on the human resource aspects and labor law implications.
If you face claims of retaliation, employee misconduct, bullying, harassment or discrimination, Dentons will be in your corner. We help you address even the most sensitive and high-profile claims and investigations. We can also guide you through whistleblower concerns, corporate governance issues, fiduciary duties of senior management and other challenges.
Members of our group appear regularly before courts, administrative boards and tribunals at every level, and act as spokespeople in collective bargaining. We will represent you in matters involving employment standards, human rights, pay equity, workers’ compensation, collective agreements, wrongful dismissal and much more. In addition, we ensure maximum value for you by carefully and thoroughly exploring opportunities for out-of-court settlements.
We also have a skilled team of trained lawyers who can conduct external workplace investigations of complex and sensitive issues in your workplace or assist and support you with your internal workplace investigations.
We can guide you through the legal and regulatory complexities of pension and benefit challenges and opportunities. Our Pensions, Benefits and Executive Compensation team in Canada helps employers, administrators, trustees and pension committees understand their options and governance responsibilities. We combine deep, technical knowledge with decades of practical experience to offer our clients solutions and legal protections in dealing with the day-to-day administration of their employee benefit plans. We promise prompt, effective responses to provide you with cost-efficient and understandable advice.
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