Employment & Labour Associate - 3 to 6 Years' Experience (Toronto or Ottawa)

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

$80K — $120K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3 to 6 years of employment and labour law experience from a leading law firm.
  • Experience advising clients on corporate transactions and reorganizations.
  • Proficiency in handling executive compensation and employment contracts.
  • Knowledge of high growth employment issues, including tech start-ups.
  • Expertise in navigating workplace human rights and accommodations concepts.
  • Strong drafting and communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Advise clients on all aspects of employment and labour law.
  • Represent employers in complex workplace issues.
  • Draft and review employment contracts and policies.
  • Assist companies in structuring layoffs and handling dismissal claims.
  • Guide clients through collective agreement administration and bargaining processes.

Benefits

  • Participate in a high-profile legal team with a range of interesting industries.
  • Opportunity to work with innovative tech start-ups and established companies.
  • Engagement in practical and results-oriented legal work.
  • Collaborative work environment with experienced legal professionals.
  • Professional development opportunities within a leading law firm.
Full Job Description
Are you ready to take the next step in your legal career? Do you have experience with various aspects of employment and labour law? Do you want to advise and represent clients at the forefront of their industries, as well as exciting and promising new tech start-ups?

Join Osler's highly regarded Employment and Labour Department as an associate in either our Toronto or Ottawa office for the opportunity to partner with a broad range of companies, in a wide variety of industries, as part of a team that delivers clear, practical and results-oriented legal advice on all aspects of workplace law.

Position Requirements

  • 3 to 6 years of employment and labour law experience gained from a leading law firm;
  • Experience advising and representing employers in key areas of employment and labour law, such as:
    • implications of corporate transactions and reorganizations;
    • employment contracts and executive compensation;
    • advising on emerging and high growth company employment issues, including company formation, founder employment agreements and venture-backed financing transactions;
    • structuring employee dismissals/layoffs and responding to wrongful/constructive dismissal claims;
    • advising on new labour and business structures, including "gig economy" issues;
    • human rights, workplace accommodations, and workplace investigations;
    • employment standards and workplace policies;
    • occupational health and safety, workers' compensation, pay equity and employment equity;
    • collective agreement administration, collective bargaining, union certification/decertification, strikes, lockouts and grievance arbitration; and

  • Superior communication and drafting skills and strong attention to detail.


HOW TO APPLY

If you're ready to take your next step and join our growing team, please submit your cover letter, detailed re9sume9 and academic transcripts in confidence directly to our online application portal.

Applications submitted outside of our online application portal will not be reviewed.

Compensation

Compensation offered will be based on a variety of factors including year of call, job-related knowledge, education, skills and experience.

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