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Employment & Labour Law Firms in Halifax County, Nova Scotia

31 law firms.

What does an employment lawyer in Halifax do?

An employment lawyer in Halifax advises workers and employers on the rules that shape a job, from termination and severance to unpaid wages, overtime, and time off. Most Nova Scotia employees are covered by the Labour Standards Code, administered by the province's Labour Standards Division, which sets minimum standards and investigates complaints. When a disagreement turns into a lawsuit, a larger wrongful dismissal claim is filed in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, which sits at the Law Courts on Upper Water Street in downtown Halifax (1815 Upper Water Street). Many firms here serve clients across Halifax, Dartmouth, and Bedford.

Are you covered by provincial or federal employment law?

It depends on who regulates your employer, and the answer changes which law applies. Most jobs in Nova Scotia fall under the provincial Labour Standards Code. Some don't. If you work for a bank, a telecom company, an airline, or an interprovincial trucking or transport business, you're federally regulated, and the Canada Labour Code governs your notice, hours, and termination instead. That line matters, because the two systems set different minimums and different complaint routes. A lawyer will confirm which one covers you first, whether you're commuting from Lower Sackville or Fall River.

What if you were fired or faced discrimination?

Two different problems come up most often. The first is dismissal without enough notice or pay. The Labour Standards Code sets a floor, but common-law reasonable notice can run well beyond that minimum, and a wrongful dismissal claim built on it is pursued in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. The second is discrimination or harassment tied to a protected characteristic like disability, age, or gender. Those complaints go to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission rather than the courts. If you're weighing a severance offer, it's worth getting advice before you sign, because the amount on the table is often just the minimum.

How do you choose an employment law firm in Halifax?

Start with a firm that handles your side of the table, whether you're an employee facing a dismissal or an employer managing a complaint. Ask whether they work on the wrongful dismissal, human rights, or labour standards issue in front of you, how they charge, and who will actually carry your file. Firms in the area serve workers and employers throughout the Halifax region, so there's usually one within reach. You can confirm any lawyer's standing with the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society. Browse the employment & labour law firms in Halifax below.

Allen Law Inc

1 lawyer

Allen Law Inc is a Dartmouth-based law firm handling personal injury and car accident claims, home insurance disputes, policing matters involving serious injury, insurance disputes, criminal defence, and employment di…

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BOYNECLARKE LLP

48 lawyers · Est. 1972

BOYNECLARKE LLP is a large full-service law firm based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, founded in 1972. It's grown into one of Atlantic Canada's largest firms, with more than 55 lawyers covering personal matters like real …

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Burchell MacDougall LLP

30 lawyers · Est. 1944

Burchell MacDougall LLP was founded in Truro, Nova Scotia in 1944 by Wilfred Burchell and R. Lorne MacDougall and is one of the oldest, most established law firms in the province. It has grown from its Truro roots to …

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Burchell Wickwire Bryson LLP (BWB) is a full-service law firm based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with a history spanning well over a century. The firm advises businesses, institutions and individuals across litigation, co…

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Burnside Law Group

3 lawyers

Burnside Law Group is a small general practice firm based in the Burnside Industrial Park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, serving individuals, families and small businesses. The firm handles business law, civil litigation,…

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Cox & Palmer

221 lawyers

Cox & Palmer is a full-service regional law firm with roughly 200 lawyers and more than a century of experience serving individuals and businesses across Atlantic Canada. It has offices in New Brunswick, Newfoundland …

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Dolden Wallace Folick LLP (Dolden) is an insurance defence litigation boutique with offices in Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary, Guelph, Toronto, and Halifax. Its lawyers defend insurers and their insureds in areas like pr…

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Enterprise Law Group is a boutique law firm based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, serving individuals and businesses across the province. Its three lawyers cover tax law, family law, corporate transactions, civil and comme…

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Ertl Lawyers

1 lawyer

Ertl Lawyers is an employment and disability law firm with offices in Toronto and Halifax, serving clients across Ontario and Nova Scotia. It handles severance negotiation, wrongful and constructive dismissal, and lon…

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Farrow Hicks McDade Law

5 lawyers · Est. 2009

Farrow Hicks McDade Law is a general practice law firm in Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, founded as Farrow Law by Jacqueline Farrow in 2009. The firm handles real estate, corporate and commercial law, family law, wills…

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Gavras & Associates

2 lawyers · Est. 2006

Gavras & Associates is a Halifax trial firm formed in 2006 by Jason Gavras, formerly of Gavras McClure, and Eric Slone, formerly of Slone & Munro. The firm handles personal injury and accident claims, commercial dispu…

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Highlander Law Group is a law firm based in Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, just outside Halifax, serving the greater Halifax Regional Municipality including Tantallon, Hammonds Plains, St. Margaret's Bay, Hubbards, Tim…

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Kimball Law

7 lawyers · Est. 1978

Kimball Law is a general practice firm serving clients across Nova Scotia, with offices in Wolfville, Bedford and Coldbrook to cover the Annapolis Valley and Halifax areas. Founded in 1978 as Kimball & Associates, the…

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Landry McGillivray

5 lawyers · Est. 1976

Landry McGillivray is a Dartmouth, Nova Scotia law firm founded in 1976 by Peter Landry and Maurice McGillivray. It serves individuals, small businesses, financial institutions, and land developers across the Halifax …

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Law Office of Gloria Ayemere is a Bedford-Halifax, Nova Scotia law practice offering services in labour law, immigration, civil and commercial litigation, small claims, legal aid matters, civil rights and constitution…

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Mathews Dinsdale

7 lawyers

Mathews Dinsdale is a Canadian law firm focused exclusively on workplace law, with seven offices across Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Founded more than seventy years ago as Canada'…

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McCarthy Kuszelewski Law

3 lawyers · Est. 2014

McCarthy Kuszelewski Law is a full-service Halifax law firm practising in criminal law, family law, civil law and immigration law. The firm was opened by Laura McCarthy in June 2014, after she articled with Cox & Palm…

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McInnes Cooper

244 lawyers · Est. 1859

McInnes Cooper is among Canada's 25 largest law firms and the exclusive Atlantic Canada member of Lex Mundi, a global network of independent law firms. Founded in 1859, it has more than 500 people, including over 240 …

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Mike Murphy Law Group is a personal injury and criminal defence litigation firm serving clients across Atlantic Canada, with offices in Moncton and Saint John, New Brunswick, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Charlottetown, Princ…

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Nijhawan McMillan & Conlon Barristers is a boutique litigation firm in Halifax, Nova Scotia that serves individual, corporate and institutional clients in civil and administrative law. The firm acts as mediators, inve…

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Patterson Law LLP

55 lawyers · Est. 1928

Patterson Law LLP is a full-service Nova Scotia law firm founded by Frank Patterson in Truro in 1928, with offices in Halifax (two locations), Truro, New Glasgow and Bridgewater. Its 150-plus lawyers and staff serve b…

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Petrunia Law

1 lawyer · Est. 2022

Petrunia Law is a solo practice based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, founded by lawyer and adjudicator Melanie T. Petrunia in 2022. The firm focuses on tax dispute resolution, arbitration and mediation, and independent work…

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Pink Larkin

36 lawyers · Est. 1989

Pink Larkin is a labour and employment law firm founded in 1989, with offices in Halifax, Fredericton and Saint John. It built its reputation on union-side representation in Atlantic Canada and has since expanded into…

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Pressé Mason

7 lawyers · Est. 1997

Pressé Mason is a full-service law firm based in Bedford, Nova Scotia, serving clients in the Halifax area since 1997. It focuses on plaintiff-side personal injury law and also practices family law, real estate, emplo…

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