Peter A. McSherry Employment Lawyer
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.1 lawyer · Established 1997 · Wellington County (Guelph)
One of 50 law firms listed in Guelph, and one of 9 handling Employment & Labour Law.
About Peter A. McSherry Employment Lawyer
Peter A. McSherry Employment Lawyer is a Guelph practice that works on both sides of the workplace, with more than 20 years spent acting for employees as well as employers. Its centre of gravity is individual clients, including people dealing with bullying and harassment on the job. Employers come to the practice for help with everything from drafting employment agreements to planning how a termination should be handled.
Peter McSherry studied at Queen's University in Kingston, earning a commerce degree in 1992 and a law degree in 1995. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1997, Peter McSherry set the practice up in Guelph that same year as a sole proprietorship, and has served clients from the Greater Toronto Area out of the Guelph office ever since.
A lot of the work sits where employment law meets other statutes: human rights law, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, the Employment Insurance Act and the CPP. Peter McSherry has handled these overlapping matters since 1997 and keeps current as the law and workplace issues change. Clients deal with Peter McSherry directly, and no one else, from the first conversation onward. Consultations can be booked by phone at 519-821-5465 or by e-mail.
Practice areas
Severance packages
Before a client signs anything, Peter McSherry can negotiate every term of a severance agreement, with tax minimization part of the review. When a contract is unfair, there may be a claim to bring in small claims court or through the Ministry of Labour.
Dismissal, harassment and human rights
Employees come to the practice over wrongful and constructive dismissal, workplace harassment and toxic workplaces. It also handles discrimination and other human rights matters arising at work.
Unpaid overtime
An overtime claim can go forward by negotiation, by a lawsuit or by a complaint to the Ministry of Labour, and Peter McSherry chooses the route once the facts are reviewed. Someone pushed out of a job after working extra hours may be owed pay for each unpaid hour.
Unionized workers
Unionized employees can't take their employer to court, so complaints have to run through the grievance process. Peter McSherry helps union members prepare and file a complaint and advises them along the way so the case doesn't get lost in the shuffle.
Advice for employers
On the employer side, the practice prepares fresh employment agreements and checks the ones already in place for compliance. It also designs and reviews workplace policies, termination plans and packages to limit an employer's exposure to liability.
How Peter A. McSherry Employment Lawyer works
Every matter begins with a full assessment of the client's situation, and clients are kept informed as things move along. At that first meeting, employees in any industry come away knowing the rights they hold at work. As a sole proprietor, Peter McSherry looks closely at each case and takes on a selected number of them, weighing several factors before agreeing to act.
In the community
- Peter McSherry's blog follows Ontario employment law closely. Posts published between July 9 and September 11, 2026 dealt with after-hours emails under Ontario's disconnecting-from-work rules, the use of workplace chatbots with confidential information, and addiction and accommodation at work.
Who handles what
The neighbourhood
The office is at 207 Woolwich Street in downtown Guelph. The Guelph Courthouse sits on the same street, at 74 Woolwich. Woolwich Street carries some of Guelph's designated heritage houses too: 221 Woolwich, a two-storey limestone building, is one of four houses on the street that local architect John Hall designed and built between 1872 and 1877. It began as a one-storey stone cottage from around 1840 before Hall remodelled it as an Italianate residence in 1877.
Frequently asked questions
- Can Peter McSherry help reduce the tax on my severance settlement?
- Peter McSherry reviews severance offers closely, and an agreement can sometimes be structured to avoid or reduce the tax payable. Settlement tax may be lower where human rights violations or other damages played a part, while money spent looking for work and benefit costs backed by receipts may escape tax entirely.
- My union isn't representing me fairly. Can Peter McSherry help with a duty of fair representation complaint?
- Peter McSherry advises union members whose union may be acting in bad faith or not representing them fairly, and helps prepare and file the complaint. These cases can be worth pursuing, but they need a careful strategy and strict adherence to every grievance procedure.
- How can Peter McSherry prove my unpaid overtime if I never kept a log of my hours?
- Peter McSherry treats a log of hours as the ideal evidence, but an overtime claim can also be proven in other ways, including e-mail records and testimony from witnesses.
- Can Peter McSherry advise me on how a past criminal record affects my job?
- Peter McSherry gives preventive advice to people concerned about past criminal conduct, and advises those already facing adverse action at work because of it.
- An employee resigned and mental health may have been a factor. Can Peter McSherry advise our business?
- Peter McSherry advises both employers and employees on their obligations and rights where mental health is a concern, including situations where it may have played a part in a resignation.
Where to find them
207 Woolwich Street, Guelph, Ontario N1H 3V4 · 519-821-5465
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