Welcome to Minken Employment Lawyers, Est. 1990 - a specialty employment law and litigation boutique that provides expert legal services on a full range of workplace issues to businesses and executive employees, law firms, corporate counsel and human resource departments in a variety of industries. Through over 30 years of experience with over 10,000 clients, we have developed insightful, comprehensive and practical strategies for winning cases. Some of our areas of expertise include providing guidance, advice, representation and litigation with respect to the Hiring Process (Employment Contracts, Executive Contracts and Agreements, Independent Contractor Agreements); Fiduciary Duties; Employment and Workplace Policies; Rights and Obligations of Employees and Employers; Employment Terminations (Wrongful Dismissal, Constructive Dismissal, Cause Terminations, Temporary Lay-offs, creation and review of Severance Packages and structuring etc.); Restrictive Covenants (Non-Solicitation/Competition, Confidentiality) Human Rights in the Workplace; Harassment and Discrimination in the Workplace; Employment Standards and other legislation compliance and more.We provide representation at the Superior Court of Justice, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Canada, Ontario Labour Relations Board, Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, and other Tribunals.We are fee conscious and as a boutique firm are able to take a cost-effective business approach with respect to the management of our clients files, ensuring the best quality of work at lowest cost.With our associated offices in Vancouver, Victoria and Kelowna we are able to offer national representation.