Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Lawyers
Laurie Jessome
- Phone416 642 7474
- Email[email protected]
Work Department
Employment & Labour
Position
Laurie Jessome is a partner in the Employment & Labour Group at Cassels. Laurie provides advice to, and advocates on behalf of, employers on all aspects of the employment relationship, including drafting employment agreements, drafting and enforcing restrictive covenants, discipline and dismissal issues, employment standards compliance, and human rights complaints. She also advises on and conducts workplace investigations into allegations of discrimination, harassment and other forms of employee misconduct. Laurie has represented clients before provincial and federal human rights tribunals, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Labour Relations Board, the Employment Standards Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Labour, and in mediations and grievance arbitrations. Laurie also provides strategic employment advice in corporate transactions and supports cross-border clients with operations in Canada.