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When you choose Novo Avocats, you surround yourself with experts!
Personalized Support
Our team of experts has in-depth knowledge of CNESST regulations, occupational health and safety (OHS) law, employment law and the labour courts. We guide you with professionalism and passion in disciplinary management and industrial accident claims management to help you better understand your rights and obligations as an informed employer.
More specifically, our lawyers represent employers in the following fields of practice:
Occupational health and safety law (OHS)
- Claims management advice for any type of pricing method (retrospective, personalized rate, safety groups)
- Advice on classification, pricing and allocation
- Advice in OHS matters (CNESST interventions)
- Representation before the CNESST and the Administrative Labour Tribunal (TAT), OHS division
- Representation in OHS criminal proceedings
Employment and labour law
- Advice on labour standards, individual and collective labour relations, human rights and freedoms and non-competition and non-solicitation clauses
- Advice on human resources, including the imposition of administrative and disciplinary measures
- Drafting of an individual employment contract
- Drafting of policies to address harassment, drugs and alcohol
- Negotiation of collective agreements
- Psychological harassment investigation
- Representation at the TAT, division of labour relations and essential services (dismissal, prohibited practices, etc.)
- Grievance arbitration
Civil courts
- Representation in the civil courts for any OHS or employment and labour law matter
Meet the Team
Our legal team has several decades of experience in OSH law and employment and labour law with large private firms and big companies.
- François Bouchard
- Mohamad-Baker El-Akhras
- Annie Gadoury
- Mégane Jacques
- Éric Latulippe
- Eve St-Hilaire
