Employment & Labour Law

In today’s challenging economic environment, outsourcing, downsizing and company politics can suddenly interrupt and devastate your business and the careers of its most competent and faithful of employees. When this happens, you need professional advice on how to negotiate termination packages in order to avoid costly court battles.

He has vast experience handling wrongful dismissal claims, the negotiation of executive employment agreements, harassment and discrimination in the workplace, pensions and benefits, employee privacy matters and occupational health and safety cases. He has consistently obtained significant compensation for improperly terminated employees in wrongful dismissal and employment law proceedings. He has represented clients who occupied careers in finance, management, engineering, the clergy, pharmacy, telecommunications, sales and a wide range of additional positions from a general labourer to Chairman of the Board, etc.

Gary Bennett represents and advises many employers in all aspects of their human resources needs. In his experience, costly court battles can be avoided if employers are given proper advice in advance. Proper preparation and maintenance at the start of the employment relationship allows employers to promote and terminate employees based on merit while avoiding law suits. However, if court battles arise Gary Bennett consistently defends his employer clients and protects their interests. Advice on mass lay-offs, terminations, company policy manuals and human rights training are some of the services that our corporate clients receive. Furthermore, employers have access to Gary Bennett for seminars advising their human resources staff. We encourage you to book Gary Bennett for a seminar for your next human resources educational conference or management training session.

Labour Law

Gary Bennett has a unique labour law practice. He represents many unionized companies and he also represents several unions and employee associations. In labour law, most lawyers take an ideological approach and only represent one type of client; employers or unions. By focusing solely on either employers or unions, many lawyers lose perspective and develop tunnel vision which limits their ability to see the other side of the argument.

Gary Bennett has years of experience assisting employers once their employees become unionized. He has negotiated collective agreements, prepared clients for collective bargaining, conducted grievance arbitrations to uphold employee terminations and assisted in the first contract negotiation process.

Gary Bennett has assisted employees to beceome certified as a union or employee association. He has followed many uinons and employee associations from the first meeting to certify themselves, through the Labour Board approval process to negotiating the first contract and arguing the many bad faith bargaining and termination grievances along the way. Gary Bennett’s goal is to offer to the best legal services to companies and unions so that they can protect their interests and avoid labour relations disputes.