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2 lawyers whose firms cover employment work in Winnipeg. 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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Richard M. Beamish · Partner · Employment · Winnipeg
330 St. Mary Avenue, Suite 1000, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3Z5
Civil litigator with experience in personal injury claims and commercial litigation, who also handles medical malpractice, disability insurance and estate litigation. The firm acts for plaintiffs in personal injury claims and also covers family law, employment law for employees and employers, residential real estate, and wills and estates.
Greg Bartel · Partner · Employment · Winnipeg
240 Graham Avenue, Suite 724, Winnipeg, MB R3C 0J7
Partner practising mainly labour and employment law. He helps people in unionized and non-unionized workplaces with termination of employment, including wrongful dismissal and severance package advice, employment contracts and human rights issues. The firm also covers residential real estate, and wills and estates.
Wrongful dismissal and severance, unpaid wages, workplace harassment and human rights at work. Most Manitoba 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 claim to the Employment Standards Branch should be filed within six months of your last day of work or of the incident. A human rights complaint must be filed within one year. 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 minimum notice from an employer is one week after 30 days' employment, two weeks after one year, four weeks after three years, six weeks after five years and eight weeks after ten years; no notice is needed in the first 30 days. 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 claims go to the Employment Standards Branch and human rights complaints to the Manitoba Human Rights Commission. Lawsuits up to $20,000 can go to Small Claims Court, and larger claims to the Court of King's Bench — for Winnipeg, see the court list on our Winnipeg page.
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