Saskatchewan
2 lawyers whose firms cover employment work in Saskatoon. 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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Tiffany M. Paulsen, K.C. · Family Lawyer, Mediator and Arbitrator · Employment · Saskatoon
105 21st Street East, Suite 600, Saskatoon, SK S7K 0B3
Practises family law and also works as a mediator, arbitrator and parenting co-ordinator. The firm also covers employment law for employees and employers, residential real estate, and wills and estates.
Amanda S.A. Doucette, TEP · Partner · Employment · Saskatoon
123 2nd Avenue South, Suite 500, Saskatoon, SK S7K 7E6
Partner practising tax, trust and estate law, including wills and estate planning and cross-border planning. The firm also covers family law, employment law for employees and employers, home purchases and sales, and personal injury and medical malpractice claims.
Wrongful dismissal and severance, unpaid wages, workplace harassment and human rights at work. Most Saskatchewan workers are covered by the province's employment standards; banks, airlines, telecoms and other federally regulated employers come under the Canada Labour Code instead.
A complaint about unpaid wages must be made to Employment Standards within 12 months of the last day the wages were payable. A human rights complaint must be made within one year of the incident. A court claim, including wrongful dismissal, must be started within two years from the day the claim 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 minimum written notice (or pay instead) is one week if you have worked there for more than 13 weeks, two weeks after one year, four weeks after three years, six weeks after five years and eight weeks after ten years. 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 Saskatchewan's Employment Standards office and discrimination complaints to the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission. Lawsuits up to $50,000 can go to the Provincial Court's small claims court, and larger claims to the Court of King's Bench — for Saskatoon, see the court list on our Saskatoon page.
To practise law in Saskatchewan a lawyer must be a member of the Law Society of Saskatchewan. You can look up any lawyer in the Law Society's public directory, which shows where they practise and has a discipline column; the Law Society also publishes its discipline decisions. Each lawyer on these pages was checked in that directory before being listed, but people move firms, so check again before you hire. Concerns about a lawyer go to the Law Society.
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