Nova Scotia
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Lauren M. Randall · CEO & Managing Partner · Employment · Halifax
99 Wyse Road, Suite 600, Dartmouth, NS B3A 4S5
Managing partner whose practice focuses on residential real estate, and wills and estate planning, with a particular interest in condominium law. The firm's office is in Dartmouth, in Halifax Regional Municipality, and it also covers family law, employment law for employees and employers, and accident and personal injury claims.
Wrongful dismissal and severance, unpaid wages, workplace harassment and human rights at work. Most Nova Scotia workers are covered by the Labour Standards Code; banks, airlines, telecoms and other federally regulated employers come under the Canada Labour Code instead.
A labour standards complaint must be received within six months of the incident. A human rights complaint must be filed within 12 months of the last date of discrimination. A court claim, including wrongful dismissal, must be started within two years of the day it is discovered. 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 Labour Standards Code minimum is one week after three months' employment, two weeks after two years, four weeks after five years and eight weeks after ten years. An employee with ten or more years of service cannot be fired without just cause. Unless your contract validly limits you to the minimums, a court may award more based on your age, role, length of service and how long it should take to find similar work.
Labour standards complaints go to the Labour Standards Division and human rights complaints to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. Lawsuits up to $25,000 can go to the Small Claims Court, and larger claims to the Supreme Court — for Halifax, see the court list on our Halifax page.
To practise law in Nova Scotia a lawyer must be a member of the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society. You can look up any lawyer in the Society's public lawyer search to check their status and to see whether they have been formally disciplined. Each lawyer on these pages was checked there before being listed, but people move firms, so check again before you hire. Complaints about a lawyer go to the Society.
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