LawDBCanada's Legal Directory
LawDBCanada's Legal Directory
McLennan Ross was founded in Edmonton in 1903 and opened a Yellowknife office in 1999, building what it describes as the largest labour and employment practice in the Northwest Territories. It has more than 100 lawyers in Edmonton, Calgary and Yellowknife.
Its Edmonton office is in its own building on Stony Plain Road NW, west of the downtown core. Areas the firm lists include employment and labour, municipal and governmental services, energy, construction, education and health, plus tax, privacy, professional liability, workplace investigations and wealth advisory work. Chambers Canada has recognized it for general business law in Northern Canada and the Arctic. Typically suits employers, public bodies and businesses.
The Employment Standards Code sets a floor, while common law notice can be much higher. What to review before accepting a severance package.
Read the LawDB guideGeneral guidance for this kind of matter, not advice about your situation and not specific to this firm.
Employee-side work is often hourly against a retainer, and sometimes on contingency for a termination claim. Employer-side work is usually hourly. Ask which applies, and whether a review of a severance offer is a fixed fee.
Your employment agreement, any termination letter or severance offer, pay stubs, performance reviews, and a dated summary of what happened. Human rights complaints in Alberta go to the Alberta Human Rights Commission and have their own deadline, so raise the timeline early. If a workplace investigation or grievance is already open, bring the notice and any timeline it sets out.
LawDB.ca
· Verified Directory Inquiry
Send a message directly to McLennan Ross LLP through LawDB.
By submitting, you agree LawDB may contact you about your inquiry and will share these details with McLennan Ross LLP so they can respond.