What kind of law does Bernardi HR Law practice?

Bernardi HR Law is an employment and workplace law firm that advises employers, not individual employees, on HR law, human rights and accommodation, employment agreements, and workplace investigations. The firm pairs its lawyers with HR professionals and workplace investigators so clients get legal and practical HR advice from one team.

I'm an HR manager and we've received a harassment complaint. Can the firm investigate it?

Bernardi HR Law has conducted workplace investigations since 1998, applying what it describes as a trauma-informed, anti-oppression approach to complaints of harassment, discrimination, and workplace violence. The firm has handled investigations for municipalities, police services, colleges and universities, and hospitals.

Does the firm only work with large employers?

Bernardi HR Law says clients can get as much or as little help as they need, and its client list runs from municipalities and police services to non-profits and private companies. The firm's HR law and training work is not limited to one size of organization.

Where is Bernardi HR Law located, and does it work outside Mississauga?

Bernardi HR Law is based in Mississauga, with its office on Hurontario Street in the city's L5G postal area near Port Credit and Mineola. The firm advises employers across Ontario, not only in the immediate Mississauga area.

Does the firm offer training for managers and staff, not just legal advice?

Bernardi HR Law runs the Bernardi Centre, which opened in 2018 and offers interactive training instead of lecture style sessions on topics like respect in the workplace, duty to accommodate, and performance management. It also co-developed certificate programs with the Human Resources Professionals Association and Osgoode Hall Law School.

How long has Bernardi HR Law been in practice?

Bernardi HR Law was founded in 1995 by Lauren Bernardi, who has practiced law since 1992, and the firm marked 30 years of practice in 2025. It has grown from a solo practice run out of a dining room into a team of lawyers, HR professionals, and workplace investigators.

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About Bernardi Human Resource Law

Bernardi Human Resource Law LLP is a Mississauga employment and workplace law firm that puts lawyers, HR professionals, mediators, and workplace investigators on one team. Lauren Bernardi founded the firm in 1995, running it first from a dining room, then a bedroom and a basement, before moving into an office. Bernardi HR Law advises employers, not individual employees, on HR law, human rights and accommodation, and employment agreements, and its clients have included municipalities, police services, colleges and universities, hospitals, and non-profits.

The firm began conducting workplace investigations in 1998 and built a teaching practice around that work. In 2010 it co-created a workplace investigations certificate program with the Human Resources Professionals Association and Osgoode Hall Law School, and it later added a Certificate in Workplace Accommodations Management with HRPA and an Osgoode certificate in workplace mental health law. Its Bernardi Centre, which opened in 2018, runs interactive training instead of lecture style sessions, and the firm marked 30 years of practice in 2025.

Practice areas

Employment & Labour Law

Milestones & recognition

Lauren Bernardi founded the firm in 1995, working out of a dining room and then a bedroom and basement before moving into an office.
Bernardi published a book called Recruitment Workbook and Disk in 1997, followed by Powerful Employment Policies in 2000.
The firm began conducting workplace investigations in 1998.
In 2001, Bernardi spoke on workplace bullying at a Law Society of Ontario event and launched a respect in the workplace training program.
In 2010, the firm co-created a workplace investigations certificate program with the Human Resources Professionals Association and Osgoode Hall Law School.
Lauren Bernardi became co-chair of the Law Society of Ontario's Annotated Employment Agreement program in 2011.
The Bernardi Centre, the firm's training arm, opened in 2018.
In 2019, the firm created the Law Society of Ontario's first professional development program dedicated to workplace investigations.
The firm marked 30 years of practice in 2025, the same year it launched a Certificate in Workplace Accommodations Management with the Human Resources Professionals Association.

In the community

Lauren Bernardi serves on the board of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Peel Dufferin.
Lauren Bernardi serves on the board of Mindful Employer Canada.
The firm has partnered with the Human Resources Professionals Association since 2010 on training programs that have reached thousands of HR professionals.
Lauren Bernardi has appeared as a guest on CBC Radio's Ontario Today program to discuss workplace issues.

Good to know

Wheelchair accessible A professional woman in a suit beside a briefcase

Woman-owned An office interior with a desk and chairs

In-person services

Lawyers 14

This firm’s lawyers at a glance

Called to the bar: 1992–2021 · median 17 years in practice 12 of 14 lawyers
Law schools: Osgoode Hall Law School (5), Queen's University (3), University of Ottawa (2), Dalhousie University, University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario and 1 more 14 of 14 lawyers

Who handles what

Employment & Labour Law
Abigail Knubley, Alison Renton, Brian Gottheil, Brunelle Lewis, Christine O'Donohue, Franca Fargione, Hazem Mossa, Lauren Bernardi, Natasha Savoline, Robert Richler, Rosalie Springer, Simran Bakshi, Suhaib Ibrahim, Tino Perruzza

The neighbourhood

Bernardi HR Law's office is on Hurontario Street in Mississauga's L5G postal area, on the Mineola and Port Credit side of the city near Lake Ontario. Hurontario Street is carrying the Hurontario light rail line, under construction along much of the corridor, linking this stretch of the street toward Mississauga City Centre and into Brampton. The firm's clients, from municipalities and police services to colleges and companies from across Ontario, come to Mississauga for training sessions and workplace investigations rather than for court dates, so the office functions more as a training and consulting base than a courthouse-adjacent litigation practice.

Frequently asked questions

What kind of law does Bernardi HR Law practice?: Bernardi HR Law is an employment and workplace law firm that advises employers, not individual employees, on HR law, human rights and accommodation, employment agreements, and workplace investigations. The firm pairs its lawyers with HR professionals and workplace investigators so clients get legal and practical HR advice from one team.
I'm an HR manager and we've received a harassment complaint. Can the firm investigate it?: Bernardi HR Law has conducted workplace investigations since 1998, applying what it describes as a trauma-informed, anti-oppression approach to complaints of harassment, discrimination, and workplace violence. The firm has handled investigations for municipalities, police services, colleges and universities, and hospitals.
Does the firm only work with large employers?: Bernardi HR Law says clients can get as much or as little help as they need, and its client list runs from municipalities and police services to non-profits and private companies. The firm's HR law and training work is not limited to one size of organization.
Where is Bernardi HR Law located, and does it work outside Mississauga?: Bernardi HR Law is based in Mississauga, with its office on Hurontario Street in the city's L5G postal area near Port Credit and Mineola. The firm advises employers across Ontario, not only in the immediate Mississauga area.
Does the firm offer training for managers and staff, not just legal advice?: Bernardi HR Law runs the Bernardi Centre, which opened in 2018 and offers interactive training instead of lecture style sessions on topics like respect in the workplace, duty to accommodate, and performance management. It also co-developed certificate programs with the Human Resources Professionals Association and Osgoode Hall Law School.
How long has Bernardi HR Law been in practice?: Bernardi HR Law was founded in 1995 by Lauren Bernardi, who has practiced law since 1992, and the firm marked 30 years of practice in 2025. It has grown from a solo practice run out of a dining room into a team of lawyers, HR professionals, and workplace investigators.

Where to find them

1443 Hurontario Street, Suite 201, Mississauga, Ontario L5G 3H5 · 905-486-1991

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