Waterloo Region

Employment & Labour Law Firms in Kitchener, Ontario

21 law firms.

What does an employment lawyer do?

Employment and labour lawyers advise employees and employers on hiring, workplace policies, terminations, severance, human rights, and union matters. A lot of files involve a wrongful-dismissal claim or a negotiated exit.

Most workplaces are covered by provincial employment-standards law, while federally regulated sectors like banking, telecommunications, and interprovincial transport follow the Canada Labour Code.

How do you choose the right firm in Kitchener?

Ask whether the firm acts mainly for employees or employers, since that shapes how it'll approach your file, plus how it handles severance and whether it litigates or settles.

LawOnline lists 21 employment & labour law firms in Kitchener, Ontario. You can confirm any lawyer's standing on the Law Society of Ontario directory. Browse the employment & labour law firms in Kitchener below.

Abarca Law

1 lawyer

Abarca Law is a law firm in Kitchener, Ontario serving Waterloo Region, Cambridge, Brant County, and surrounding South Western Ontario townships. The firm handles civil litigation, immigration, employment, family law,…

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Aroso Law

1 lawyer

Aroso Law is a solo practice led by Busuyi Aroso, a lawyer called to the Ontario Bar. The firm handles real estate, family, employment, and wills and estates matters. It serves Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph, …

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Babury Law

1 lawyer

Babury Law is a boutique firm serving Southern Ontario, with offices in Mississauga and Kitchener. It focuses on real estate law (residential and commercial), business law, and employment law. The firm was founded by …

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BARAPP Personal Injury Law Firm, the flagship office of BARAPP Law Alliance, is a Toronto personal injury practice led by Eric Barapp, whose father and grandfather also practiced law. The firm represents clients acros…

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Bennett Grant LLP

21 lawyers

Bennett Grant LLP is a full-service law firm in the Waterloo Region that has served clients across Ontario for approximately 60 years. It handles insurance defence, municipal liability, civil litigation, family, emplo…

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Cariati Law

7 lawyers

Cariati Law is an Ontario personal injury firm that serves clients across the province from offices in Mississauga, Toronto, Hamilton, Kitchener, Ottawa, Barrie and Sudbury. It handles motor vehicle accidents, slip an…

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Cohen Highley LLP

34 lawyers · Est. 1974

Cohen Highley LLP is a full-service law firm founded in London, Ontario in 1974. It practises across family law, personal injury, business law, real estate, wills and estates, employment, multi-residential housing and…

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DNH Law

1 lawyer

DNH Law is a general practice in downtown Kitchener led by Darrell N. Hawreliak. Its areas include corporate and business law, real estate, civil litigation, wills, powers of attorney and estates, employment law, and …

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Duncan, Linton LLP

15 lawyers · Est. 1860

Duncan, Linton LLP is a Kitchener-Waterloo firm established in 1860, and it's one of the oldest independent law firms in the region. Its roughly 15 lawyers handle business and general legal work for clients in Kitchen…

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Duntrune LLP

4 lawyers

Duntrune LLP is a Toronto employment law firm with additional offices in London, Kitchener/Waterloo, and Ottawa. It represents both employers and employees in employment and labour law and human rights matters, aiming…

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Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP

51 lawyers · Est. 1982

Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP is a management-side labour and employment law firm with offices in Toronto, Hamilton, London, and Kitchener-Waterloo. Its roots trace to 1953, and the current firm formed in 1982 wh…

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Flannery Law

1 lawyer

Flannery Law is a Kitchener practice led by Timothy C. Flannery, who's practised law for over 30 years. Its main focus is civil litigation and family law, with additional work in employment disputes, wrongful dismissa…

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GGFI Law LLP

21 lawyers · Est. 1981

GGFI Law LLP is a general practice firm in Kitchener, Ontario, founded in 1981 and formerly known as Giesbrecht, Griffin, Funk & Irvine. It represents individuals and businesses across corporate and commercial law, re…

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Gowling WLG

515 lawyers

Gowling WLG is an international law firm with more than 1,500 legal professionals across seven countries. Its Canadian practice, including a Toronto office at First Canadian Place, advises on business law, litigation,…

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Lerners LLP

6 lawyers · Est. 1929

Lerners LLP is a full-service Ontario law firm founded in 1929 by Mayer Lerner. It has more than 140 lawyers across four offices in London, Toronto, the Waterloo Region, and Strathroy, handling everything from day-to-…

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McCague Borlack LLP

48 lawyers · Est. 1994

McCague Borlack LLP is a civil litigation firm founded in 1994, with offices in Toronto, Ottawa, Kitchener, Barrie, and London. It focuses on insurance defence and insurance coverage litigation, and its lawyers also r…

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Reist Krauss Bauer LLP

5 lawyers · Est. 1992

Reist Krauss Bauer LLP is a Kitchener firm that practises exclusively in employment law, acting for both employees and small to mid-size employers. It handles terminations and severance, wrongful and constructive dism…

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Shuh Cline & Grossman LLP

3 lawyers · Est. 1976

Shuh Cline & Grossman LLP is a Kitchener, Ontario firm established in 1976. It offers a broad range of services, including litigation, accident and personal injury claims, corporate and commercial law, immigration, ad…

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Sutherland Mark

2 lawyers · Est. 1957

Sutherland Mark is a Kitchener-Waterloo firm founded by Robert A. Sutherland in 1957. It practises business law, estates and wills, mergers and acquisitions, agri-business, employment law, and real estate, serving ind…

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Unified LLP

19 lawyers

Unified LLP is a Toronto law firm, with an additional office in Waterloo Region, practicing family law, employment and labour law, disability law, and property and commerce law. Its lawyers represent individuals, unio…

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Wahab Law

2 lawyers

Wahab Law is a Kitchener firm led by managing lawyer Khaled Wahab, serving Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and the Greater Toronto Area. It practises in real estate, family law, employment law, wills and estates, and c…

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