Tahir Khorasanee | Steinbergs LLP lawyers

Tahir’s practice focuses on employment, labor and human rights disputes at all levels of court, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, and the Canadian Human Rights Commission. He also practices commercial litigation. Tahir’s work as an employment lawyer includes, just-cause terminations, wrongful dismissals, constructive dismissals, human rights claims, employment standards, and workers’ compensation. He also advises on contractual matters, employee terminations, workplace policies, and conducts workplace investigations.

In labor law, Tahir works with Mark Fryer, and together they provide the following services to both management side and union side clients:

• Strategic collective bargaining negotiation including interest arbitrations;
• Grievance arbitrations;
• Strike preparation, including illegal strike, labor injunction, picketing and unfair labor practice matters;
  administration, interpretation and enforcement of the collective agreement;
• Contracting-out issues and sale of business applications;
• Discipline and discharge, including off-duty use and misuse of social media;
• Workplace safety investigations and proceedings, including with respect to workplace violence and sexual harassment, and contraventions of the occupational health and safety legislation
• Employment and service agreements and minimum standards compliance;
• Employee absenteeism programs, performance management programs and enforcement of human rights-related policies to increase service levels;
• Webber motions and Duty of Fair Representation Applications; and
• Employment-related human right issues including harassment complaints, workplace disability and accommodation issues.