Pushor Mitchell LLP’s Labour & Employment Group will assist clients in meeting today’s workplace challenges by providing sound, practical advice on all aspects of the employment relationship.  We believe that by establishing a close working relationship with our clients, we will help your business or organization to prosper.

We advise a wide range of clients on issues relating to union and non-union settings in both the public and private sector throughout British Columbia. We regularly represent our clients before federal and provincial courts, arbitrators, and administrative panels.  Our lawyers have a diverse background and can provide innovative solutions to problems arising in the employment context.

• Employment Law
  • Human resources issues, including human rights complaints, employee relations, and policy formulation.
  • Wrongful dismissal and related litigation.
  • Employment related aspects of corporate startups, reorganizations, mergers, acquisitions, and closures.
  • Employment contracts and severance agreements.
  • Confidentiality, non-competition, and non-solicitation agreements and related litigation.
    
• Labour Law
  • Union avoidance strategies, bargaining unit organization and certification, unfair labour practices, collective bargaining.
  • Grievance handling and arbitration.
  • Strikes, lockouts, and picketing disputes.
  • Attendance and absenteeism, employee health and disability issues, and workplace safety.
  • Matters involving discipline and discharge, workplace harassment, and the exercise of management rights.
    
• Legislative Compliance in the Federal and Provincial Jurisdictions

We provide innovative services for our clients, such as comprehensive human resources audits, company-wide employment agreements, union avoidance strategies, and human rights investigations.  If your organization has a specific need, we will design a service to address it.

Our Labour & Employment Group is proactive, keeping our clients up to date on legislative changes and other developments affecting their business.  We regularly give seminars to clients and organizations interested in labour and employment issues.
Our lawyers understand the client’s concern about its bottom line. 

We have been flexible and creative in designing fee arrangements to suit the needs of our individual clients.

See publications by members of the Labour & Employment Law Group