Expertise

Federal Labour and Employment

Federally regulated employers face constant challenges as hundreds of new regulations are introduced each year. Increasing penalties for non-compliance intensify the need to stay proactive and informed.

Ogilvy Renault's federal labour and employment law practitioners recognize these challenges. Our integrated team monitors regulatory developments to ensure that employers fully understand their own rights and obligations - and those of their employees.  Our team members possess extensive experience in appearing before the Canada Industrial Relations Board, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal and the Federal Court and have also been involved in the negotiation of myriads of national collective agreements.

Clients depend on us for bilingual strategic advice and representation before courts, tribunals and arbitrators in all matters of employment disputes and human rights complaints. We represent private and public employers across Canada in a range of industries, including:

• Media and telecommunications
• Shipping and longshoring
• Rail transportation
• Road and intercity bus transportation
• Airports
• Air transportation and air traffic control
• Banking
• Atomic energy
• Postal and courier services
• Passenger transit and security
• Nuclear energy
• Federal Crown corporations and agencies

Services

Employment disputes

Advising and representing employers in matters of:

• Certification applications
• Employee discipline and discharge
• Unfair labour practice allegations
• Bad faith bargaining charges
• Successorship and common employer applications
• Bargaining unit consolidations
• Essential services disputes
• Unlawful strikes and binding interest arbitration
• collective agreements in many key sectors of the economy
• Individual and group terminations and layoffs

Human rights and related issues

Advising and representing employers with respect to development of policies and strategies or defence in investigations or complaints related to:

• Human rights issues
• Workplace privacy
• Occupational health and safety
• Workplace compensation
• The duty of accommodation
• Employment and pay equity
• Remuneration, pension and benefits issues
• Official Languages Act