With a reputation for cost-effective, timely and efficient service McLennan Ross is a leader in western and northern Canada in labour and employment.
McLennan Ross's services in labour and employment law include:
Strategic planning and corporate structuring
Collective bargaining
Collective agreement arbitration
Interest arbitration
Mediation
Labour relations board litigation
Judicial review of administrative decisions
Human rights
Occupational health and safety
Employee training - seminars custom-made to meet your requirements
Employment law litigation such as wrongful dismissal suits
Immigration, including LMOs and temporary foreign worker permits
Advising clients in regard to privacy law, pension disputes, Workers' Compensation Board and other employment-related matters
Among the many benefits our clients have noted from working with McLennan Ross are:
Credibility from being represented by a firm with positive relationships and a good reputation with labour and employment tribunals
Creative advice on how to operate in Alberta and the North based on our insights into the people, industries and issues involved in labour and employment law in the region
Aggressive advocacy where needed
Cost-effective service from a team that includes the most senior and respected labour and employment lawyers in our communities, as well as specialized and economical junior lawyers
Specialist advice and assistance on visa, immigration and border issues and challenges
We believe in operating as partners with our clients. Whatever the venue, whatever the concern, our job is to help you achieve your business objectives by effectively dealing with one of your most important assets - your people. We enjoy this work, and we view our responsibility as seriously as you view the work of your organization.
Recognition
McLennan Ross is ranked by Best Lawyers in Canada as the #1 firm for Labour & Employment Law in Alberta and the Northwest Territories. For further details please click here.
McLennan Ross is also ranked as a 'Repeatedly Recommended' firm in the area of Labour Relations by the Canadian Lexpert Directory and as a leading firm in the field of 'Employment, Labour & Pensions' by Chambers Global 2011.
McLennan Ross has also been awarded:
InterContinental Finance Magazine Legal Excellence Award 2011 - Management Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year
Lawyers World Law Award 2011 - Management Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year
DealMakers Law Award 2011 - Management Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year
Industries
Our labour and employment law clients include hundreds of employers from all industries, giving us insight into a variety of businesses including:
Accounting
Broadcasting
Construction
Education
Financial services
Food processing
Forestry
Government (all levels)
Health care
Manufacturing
Oil and gas
Petrochemicals
Retail
Transportation
Utilities
Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers
The McLennan Ross labour and employment team was instrumental in the founding of the Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers (CACE), with Dave Ross serving as its founding President. CACE is an association of management-side labour and employment lawyers across Canada. CACE promotes excellence in the specialized field of labour and employment law, and engages in legislation and law reform activities at the provincial and federal level. Created in 2004 by a Founders' Committee of labour lawyers across Canada, CACE now has over four hundred members, including most of the leading labour and employment counsel in the country.
McLennan Ross's labour and employment team is a member of the Employment Law Alliance (ELA). The ELA is a global network of labour and employment lawyers that offer a place where every employer – large or small, public or private, single office or multi-jurisdictional – can go for legal help that is focused and practical, comprehensive and thorough. McLennan Ross LLP lawyers are the designated contact lawyers for ELA for Alberta, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
