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3 lawyers whose firms cover employment work in Victoria. 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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John van Cuylenborg · Partner · Employment · Victoria
1175 Douglas Street, 7th Floor, Victoria, BC V8W 2E1
Partner whose practice covers commercial and residential real estate, the purchase and sale of businesses, and wills, estates and trusts. The firm also covers family law and employment law.
Sharon Cartmill-Lane · Managing Director, Employment & Labour · Employment · Victoria
19 Dallas Road, Suite 201, Victoria, BC V8V 5A6
Managing director of the firm, practising employment and human rights law and conducting workplace investigations. Her firm says she has more than 25 years' experience and has been called to the bar in British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba. The firm also covers family law, real estate, wills and estates, and personal injury.
Alison Rhynas · Partner, Family Law · Employment · Victoria
931 Fort Street, 4th Floor, Victoria, BC V8V 3K3
Family law partner who represents clients in the Provincial Court and the Supreme Court and negotiates out-of-court settlements. The firm also covers immigration, employment law, real estate, wills and estates, and personal injury.
Wrongful dismissal and severance, unpaid wages, workplace harassment and human rights at work. Most BC workers are covered by the Employment Standards Act; banks, airlines, telecoms and other federally regulated employers come under the Canada Labour Code instead.
An employment standards complaint must be filed within six months of your last day of work. The BC Human Rights Tribunal has a one-year time limit. BC's basic limitation period for a court claim, including wrongful dismissal, is 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 Act minimum is one week's notice or pay after three months, two weeks after 12 months and three weeks after three years, plus one more week for each additional year to a maximum of eight weeks. 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 the Employment Standards Branch and human rights complaints to the BC Human Rights Tribunal. Lawsuits up to $35,000 can go to the Provincial Court's small claims division, and larger claims to the Supreme Court — for Victoria, see the court list on our Victoria page.
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