Areas of Practice

HUMAN RESOURCES

Jagtoo & Jagtoo provides employment law advice and representation as well as human resource advisory services to human resources staff, in house lawyers, executives, managers and supervisors to assist with everyday realities in today’s workplace. Our firm uses the utmost discretion to assist clients in effectively resolving issues that arise within the workplace.

We provide employment advice, preventative strategies and risk management advice to a wide range of businesses in Toronto and the GTA. We also represent and advocate on behalf of our clients by responding to complaints or litigation and effectively negotiating to meet the competing interests of the parties involved in a time-sensitive and cost-effective manner.

In court, Jagtoo & Jagtoo litigates in the area of wrongful dismissal including actions that involve fiduciary duties of departing or former employees, injunction applications, and issues of non-competition and non-solicitation.

Frances Jagtoo is a contributing author of HR Answers Now – a product that provides guidance and answers to a diverse array of HR issues that arise daily in Canadian organizations. As an author, Frances’ focus is on employee discipline, handbooks and policies, terminations, letters of offer, employment contracts, employee-manager counseling, investigations, retaliation, workforce reduction, pre-employment inquiries and human resources strategy.

Whether you require practical, legal, strategic, preventative, risk management, human resources or litigation advice, Jagtoo & Jagtoo has the experience, skill and education to assist.

Jagtoo & Jagtoo’s Human Resources Practice includes:

Wrongful and Constructive Dismissal
Fiduciary duties
Injunctions
Employee Relations
Agreements
Drafting and revising handbooks, policies and guidelines including harassment, bullying and discrimination
Employee discipline
Investigations
Terminations
Employment contracts
Employee-manager counseling,
Workforce reduction
Human resources strategy