Manitoba directory

Employment & Labour Law Firms in Winnipeg Region, Manitoba

24 law firms.

What does an employment lawyer in Winnipeg do?

A Winnipeg employment lawyer advises workers and employers on the rules that shape a job, from hiring and discipline to wrongful dismissal, severance, human rights, and workplace policies. Most Manitoba employees are covered by The Employment Standards Code, which the province's Employment Standards branch administers and enforces. When a dismissal turns into a larger claim, the case is filed in the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba, the province's superior trial court, which sits at the Law Courts Building at 408 York Avenue in downtown Winnipeg. Most disputes settle long before a trial date.

Which laws cover a Manitoba workplace?

That depends on who you work for. The large majority of Manitoba workplaces fall under provincial rules, so The Employment Standards Code sets the floor for minimum wage, hours, overtime, holidays, and leaves. A smaller group of federally regulated sectors, including banks, telecommunications, and interprovincial transport, follow the Canada Labour Code instead. Sorting out which system applies matters, because the standards and the places you file a complaint are different in each.

What can you do about a firing or discrimination?

Two separate questions tend to come up: what you are owed, and whether a legal right was broken. The Code sets minimum notice or pay when a job ends, but common-law reasonable notice can reach well past those minimums, and a lawyer estimates it from your role, age, length of service, and how easily you can find similar work. Discrimination and harassment follow a different path. Those complaints go to the Manitoba Human Rights Commission, which investigates and can refer a matter to an independent adjudication hearing. Time limits are short on both tracks, so it's wise to get advice quickly.

How do you choose an employment law firm in Winnipeg?

Start with a firm that regularly acts for your side, whether you're the employee or the employer, and that has handled your kind of matter, be it a dismissal, a severance negotiation, a human rights complaint, or a policy review. Ask who will actually run your file, whether the firm prefers to settle or is ready to litigate, and how fees are set before you sign. Most Winnipeg firms serve the wider region too, including nearby communities such as Headingley.

You can confirm any lawyer's standing on the Law Society of Manitoba directory. Browse the employment & labour law firms in Winnipeg below.

Alghoul & Associates is a full-service law firm headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with additional offices abroad. Its lawyers practice immigration, family, criminal, real estate, corporate and commercial law, and c…

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Bargen Brown Fishman LLP

7 lawyers · Est. 1988

Bargen Brown Fishman LLP is a boutique Winnipeg law firm established in 1988, deliberately limiting its size and focus to specific areas of law including civil litigation, real estate, wills and estates, corporate and…

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D'Arcy + Deacon LLP

20 lawyers

D'Arcy + Deacon LLP is a full-service law firm based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with lawyers practising across areas including business, real estate, wills and estates, civil litigation, labour and employment, agriculture…

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DD West LLP

11 lawyers · Est. 2017

DD West LLP is a law firm established in 2017 with offices in Airdrie, Calgary, Regina, and Winnipeg. It serves individuals, businesses, and institutions across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, with a practice spa…

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DFS Kaneski UnRuh LLP is a Winnipeg, Manitoba law firm formed in January 2023 through the merger of Deeley Fabbri Sellen LLP, founded in 1979, and BD Oakes Jardine Kaneski UnRuh LLP, whose lineage traces back to 1974 …

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Dowhan & Dowhan Law Corporation

2 lawyers · Est. 1988

Dowhan & Dowhan Law Corporation is a Winnipeg law firm established in 1988 and located in the city's historic Exchange District. It practices across family law, wills and estates, corporate and commercial law, crimina…

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Duboff Edwards Schachter Law Corporation is a Winnipeg law firm whose roots trace to the 1930s, reorganized in the mid-1980s by Neil Duboff and later joined by partners Harley Schachter and Paul Edwards. The firm has …

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Fillmore Riley LLP

78 lawyers · Est. 1883

Fillmore Riley LLP is a full-service Manitoba law firm based in Winnipeg, practising since 1883. Its lawyers advise public and private sector clients, including corporations, financial institutions, insurers, municipa…

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Hill Sokalski Walsh LLP

5 lawyers · Est. 1988

Hill Sokalski Walsh LLP is a Winnipeg litigation boutique founded in 1988 by Dave Hill and Sherri Walsh. The firm handles corporate, commercial, and civil litigation, along with shareholder disputes, construction, ins…

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Manitoba Human Resource Lawyers is a Winnipeg-based employment law practice operated through Tapper Cuddy LLP, focused on conducting and facilitating workplace investigations for employers. Kathleen Coutts and Sarah M…

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Marr Finlayson LLP

7 lawyers

Marr Finlayson LLP is a boutique civil litigation law firm based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Its lawyers represent individuals and businesses in insurance, construction, commercial, administrative, and employment matters, …

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Merchant Law Group LLP is a national Canadian law firm with offices in more than 15 cities across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec. It practises personal injury, family law, crimi…

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Merit Law Corporation is a Winnipeg civil litigation firm whose lawyers practise in construction law, corporate and commercial litigation, employment litigation, estates litigation, Indigenous and Aboriginal law, insu…

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MLT Aikins LLP

28 lawyers

MLT Aikins LLP is a full-service Canadian law firm with offices across Western Canada and in Ottawa, including Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg. It advises businesses and institutions acro…

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Monk Goodwin LLP

7 lawyers

Monk Goodwin LLP has served the Winnipeg legal community for more than 70 years, with lawyers ranging from newly called associates to those with over 50 years of experience. The firm is located downtown, a block from …

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Myers LLP

31 lawyers · Est. 1956

Myers LLP is a Winnipeg-based law firm founded in 1956, originally as Tapper and Pollock. The firm practises across a wide range of areas, including labour and employment law, civil litigation, Indigenous legal servic…

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Pitblado Law

67 lawyers · Est. 1882

Pitblado Law is a full-service law firm based in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, with roots dating back to 1882 and its modern form created by a 1998 merger of two long-standing local firms. The firm's lawyers cover prac…

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PKF Lawyers

28 lawyers · Est. 1924

PKF Lawyers is a full-service law firm founded in 1924, making it one of Manitoba's oldest firms. It operates nine offices across Winnipeg, Selkirk, Morden, Winkler, Carman, Flin Flon, Lac du Bonnet, and Steinbach, an…

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RavenLaw LLP

31 lawyers · Est. 1992

RavenLaw LLP is a labour, employment, and human rights firm that exclusively represents unions and non-unionized employees. Its lawyers advise on collective bargaining, grievances, arbitration, human rights complaints…

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Restall & Restall LLP

10 lawyers · Est. 1909

Restall & Restall LLP is a Winnipeg law firm that traces its history back to 1909, making it one of Manitoba's longest-serving firms. Its lawyers practise corporate and commercial law, real estate, wills and estates, …

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Tapper Cuddy LLP

36 lawyers

Tapper Cuddy LLP is a full-service law firm in Winnipeg that has practised in Manitoba for close to five decades. Its roughly three dozen lawyers cover more than 20 practice areas, including civil and commercial litig…

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Taylor McCaffrey LLP is a full-service Manitoba law firm based in Winnipeg. Its roots go back to a merger of firms led by Reeh Taylor and D'Arcy McCaffrey, and it now advises businesses, governments, professional asso…

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Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP

123 lawyers · Est. 1887

Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP (TDS) is a full-service law firm founded in Winnipeg in 1887, with more than 135 years of history in Manitoba. It operates across ten Manitoba offices plus a Saskatchewan office, practisi…

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Wolseley Law LLP

12 lawyers

Wolseley Law LLP is a full-service law firm based in Winnipeg's Wolseley neighbourhood, with three partners and several associates handling family law, wills and estates, real estate, business law, litigation, and wor…

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