Alberta
3 lawyers whose firms cover employment work in Edmonton. Each lawyer was checked on their provincial law society's public directory before being listed — check again before you hire, as people move firms. Browsing Lawvoo is free.
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Nathan A. Po · Partner, Head of Immigration Law Practice Group · Employment · Edmonton
10088 102 Avenue, Suite 1801, Edmonton, AB T5J 2Z1
Leads the firm's Immigration Law Practice Group, which helps individuals and their families obtain permanent residence, work and study permits. He also practises wills and estates. The firm also covers family law, employment law for employees and employers, residential real estate, and personal injury.
Diane C. Ferrante · Managing Partner · Employment · Edmonton
10060 Jasper Avenue, Suite 2800, Edmonton, AB T5J 3V9
Managing partner who leads the firm's litigation group, practising family law, insurance and personal injury law, and mediation and arbitration. She became a partner in 2015. The firm also covers employment law for employees and employers, residential real estate, and estates.
Lauren M. Pearson · Partner · Employment · Edmonton
10180 101 Street NW, Suite 2300, Edmonton, AB T5J 1V3
Partner practising employment law and litigation, acting for both employees and employers. The firm also covers family law, residential real estate, and wills and estates.
Wrongful dismissal and severance, unpaid wages, workplace harassment and human rights at work. Most Alberta workers are covered by the Employment Standards Code; banks, airlines, telecoms and other federally regulated employers come under the Canada Labour Code instead.
An employment standards complaint can be made up to six months after your last day of employment. A human rights complaint must be made within one year. The time limit for a court claim, including wrongful dismissal, is generally two years. If your employer is federally regulated (a bank, airline or telecom company, for example), an unjust dismissal complaint under the Canada Labour Code must be filed within 90 days.
The Employment Standards Code minimum is one week after more than 90 days' employment, two weeks after two years, four weeks after four years, five weeks after six years, six weeks after eight years and eight weeks after ten years or more; no notice is required in the first 90 days. Your employer can give notice, pay instead, or a mix of both. Unless your contract validly limits you to those minimums, a court may award more based on your age, role, length of service and how long it should take to find similar work.
Employment standards complaints go to Alberta Employment Standards and discrimination complaints to the Alberta Human Rights Commission. Lawsuits up to $100,000 can go to the Alberta Court of Justice, and larger claims to the Court of King's Bench — for Edmonton, see the court list on our Edmonton page.
To practise law in Alberta a lawyer must be a member of the Law Society of Alberta. You can look up any lawyer in the Law Society's public Lawyer Directory, which shows whether they are currently practising and any discipline history back to 1 January 2015. Each lawyer on these pages was checked in that directory before being listed, but people move firms, so check again before you hire. Complaints about a lawyer go to the Law Society.
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