Michelle S. Henry

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Work: Labour
  Employment Law
  Advise clients on various employment-related matters, including workplace restructuring, employment contracts, employee terminations, discipline, workers' compensation, occupational health
  safety matters,
  employment st
  ards.
  Represent clients in employment-related litigation, including wrongful
  constructive dismissal actions, unjust dismissal complaints, mediations, unpaid compensation claims, injunctions pertaining to restrictive covenants,
  proceedings before the Workplace Safety
  Insurance Appeals Tribunal.
  Advise employers
  human resources teams on the development
  implementation of workplace policies
  procedures
  /or changes to existing policies
  assist client teams in communicating
  launching employment related policies
  conduct management workshops
  assist employers with employee training on various employment-related issues
  policies.
  Advise
  assist clients in identifying
  managing labour
  employment-related risks associated with business decisions
  /or changing business needs. Work with clients in assessing
  determining long term goals
  strategies
  their impact on labour
  employment issues.
  Advise
  act on behalf of employers in collective bargaining (including at negotiations, mediation
  conciliation), interest arbitrations, collective agreement interpretation, grievance arbitrations, strikes
  lockouts,
  injunction proceedings during strikes.
  Advise
  act on behalf of employers in matters before the Ontario Labour Relations Board
  Canada Industrial Relations Board, including union campaigns, union certification applications, unfair labour practice applications, sale of a business
  /or related employer applications, appeal of inspectors' orders,
  unlawful reprisals applications.
  Advise
  act on behalf of clients in complaints to the Ministry of Labour, including harassment complaints, investigations
  appeals of Inspector's orders.
  Advise employers on the interpretation, application
  /or implications of new legislation or amendments to existing legislation.
  Human Rights Law
  Represent companies in human rights litigation before the Canadian Human Rights Commission,
  the federal
  provincial Tribunals both in respect of allegations relating to discrimination in employment
  the provision of services.
  Conduct
  manage workplace investigations on behalf of clients into allegations of harassment
  workplace discrimination.
  Education Law
  Advise
  act on behalf of school boards
  independent schools in various matters, including labour matters, development of policies
  protocols with respect to court actions
  applications, suspension
  expulsion hearings, privacy law matters,
  issues pertaining to human rights.
  Commercial Transactions
  Provide advice in M&A transactions, including reviewing purchase
  sale agreements, negotiating changes to agreements,
  coordinating due diligence for labour, employment, pension
  benefits related matters.
  Workplace Investigations
  Conduct independent investigations into allegations of harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination
  other alleged misconduct both in the workplace
  /or in the provision of services.