Glen Chochla Professional Corporation
1 lawyer · City of Ottawa, City of Toronto
One of 439 law firms listed in Ottawa, and one of 97 handling Employment & Labour Law.
About Glen Chochla Professional Corporation
Glen Chochla Professional Corporation is a solo employment, labour, human rights and disability law practice founded by Glen Chochla. The firm is based in the Ottawa area, with a second office in Toronto that extends its reach into the Greater Toronto Area. Chochla represents both unionized and non-union employees across Canada's federal and provincial jurisdictions and appears before courts, labour boards and tribunals in English and French. The practice serves clients in the public and private sectors, including the construction, industrial and service sectors, and it has done so for more than 25 years.
The work splits into two streams. On the individual side, the firm handles wrongful dismissal and severance, workplace harassment and discrimination, disability benefits, unsafe workplace conditions and professional discipline matters. On the union side, it helps workers organize new bargaining units, negotiate collective agreements, and pursue certification applications, unfair labour practice complaints and grievance or interest arbitration.
The firm frames its work around a line from Elie Wiesel, that wherever people endure suffering and humiliation, one should take sides. Chochla belongs to the Law Society of Ontario, the Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers and the Association des juristes de l'expression française de l'Ontario.
Practice areas
Milestones & recognition
- In 1993 the firm won reinstatement and back pay for a health care worker who had been dismissed because of a disability.
- In 1997 the firm won a labour board victory for female workers who were fighting for a first contract at a private medical clinic.
- In 2008 the firm obtained an interest arbitration award with salary increases for the Nova Scotia Crown Attorneys Association.
- In 2013 the firm won a damages award for a construction employee who had been threatened by a supervisor with physical violence.
- The firm's client list spans a range of occupations, including firefighters in Saskatchewan, construction workers in Ontario, federal food inspection employees in Quebec, museum staff, and Crown attorneys in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Who handles what
Offices 2
The neighbourhood
The firm's Ottawa area office is in the Gateway Business Park at 300 March Road in Kanata, a set of three six storey office towers built in 1988 that mark the entrance to the Kanata North technology corridor along Highway 417. Clients coming in from across the National Capital Region have quick highway access and on site parking.
The Toronto office is on the 10th floor of 4711 Yonge Street, a 16 storey North York office building with direct underground access to the Sheppard Yonge subway station, where two subway lines meet. That connection makes it possible for clients from across the Greater Toronto Area to reach the office without driving.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Glen Chochla Professional Corporation represent both union and non-union employees?
- Yes. The firm represents unionized and non-union employees on individual matters like wrongful dismissal and workplace harassment, and on collective matters like organizing a bargaining unit and negotiating a first collective agreement.
- Can the firm help if I was dismissed while dealing with a disability?
- Yes. The firm's disability and human rights work includes reinstating workers who were dismissed or denied benefits because of a disability, work it has been doing since at least 1993.
- Does the firm handle matters in French?
- Yes. The firm represents clients in both English and French before courts and tribunals, and its founder belongs to the Association des juristes de l'expression française de l'Ontario.
- I'm in Toronto, not Ottawa. Can this firm still represent me?
- Yes. Alongside its Ottawa area office, the firm keeps a Toronto office at 4711 Yonge Street to serve clients across the Greater Toronto Area, and it also takes matters from across Ontario and Canada.
- Can the firm help my workplace organize or run a union?
- Yes. Its labour practice covers organizing new bargaining units, certification applications, negotiating collective agreements, and grievance and interest arbitration.
- How do I set up a consultation?
- The firm asks clients to phone, email or fax to set up an appointment, and it meets with clients by video conference as well as in person.
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