§ Employment Law
Employers · Employees · Executives · Restrictive Covenants
The document infront of you matters.
Employment issues become expensive when handled casually — on both sides of the table. Northline helps employers and individuals understand the facts, the legal read, and the next move before a workplace decision turns into a dispute.
- Consultations
- From $275
- Acts for
- Employers · Employees
- Engagement
- Fixed-fee or retainer
§ 01 — Two audiences
One practice, two sides of the table.
Northline advises companies on hiring, policies, terminations, and workplace risk — and advises individuals on offers, severance, executive exits, and restrictive covenants. Conflict checks are run before any matter begins, and we never act for both sides of the same file.
§ 02 — For employers
Hiring, policies, terminations.
Employers come to Northline with agreements to draft or tighten, contractor arrangements to classify, discipline or termination calls to make, and workplace issues to triage.
Employment and contractor agreements
Drafting, review, and tightening — including termination language, restrictive covenants, confidentiality, IP assignment, and incentive compensation.
Workplace policies
Handbook review, harassment and discrimination policies, remote work, and occupational health and safety policy drafting or review.
Terminations and discipline
Risk review, termination letter review, process guidance, progressive discipline, and severance range discussion where appropriate.
Classification and contractor risk
Contractor relationship review, misclassification risk notes, and revised agreements for teams relying on independent contractor engagements.
Employment Agreement Review
Agreement review, issue summary, call, and recommended changes.
- Agreement review
- Issue summary
- Call
- Recommended changes
Termination Planning for Employers
Risk review, termination letter review, process guidance, and severance range discussion where appropriate.
- Risk review
- Termination letter review
- Process guidance
- Severance range discussion where appropriate
§ 03 — For employees & executives
Offers, exits, severance.
Individuals come to Northline with offers to accept or negotiate, termination letters and severance packages to read, restrictive covenants to stress test, and constructive dismissal situations to assess.
Offer and agreement review
Compensation, equity, vacation, termination language, restrictive covenants, and confidentiality — before you sign back.
Severance packages
Package review, legal position summary, and negotiation options — deadline, release, benefits, bonus, and reference terms worked through in plain language.
Termination and constructive dismissal
Structured read on notice, cause, and the realistic range — and a recommendation for what to do with it.
Executive exits and restrictive covenants
Non-compete, non-solicit, garden leave, equity vesting, and post-employment obligations analysed for enforceability and negotiation leverage.
Employment Agreement Review
Agreement review, issue summary, call, and recommended changes.
- Agreement review
- Issue summary
- Call
- Recommended changes
Severance Review
Package review, legal position summary, and negotiation options.
- Package review
- Legal position summary
- Negotiation options
§ 04 — Typical process
Four steps, whichever side of the table.
Tell us what changed
A short summary of the situation — the role, the document, the date, and the decision you are about to make.
Get a legal read
On the consultation: obligations, exposures, realistic options, and the order they should be worked in.
Choose the next move
Negotiate, draft, revise, send, or hold — with a written fee arrangement for whatever continues.
Engage for the scoped work
Drafting, review, negotiation support, or a retainer for ongoing employment issues.
§ 05 — Related
Adjacent matters.
Practice
Contracts
Scope, payment, termination, ownership, liability, leverage.
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Practice
Disputes
Position, leverage, evidence, timing—and a practical route forward.
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Practice
Advisory
Ongoing counsel for teams that would rather ask before it is urgent.
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Guide · Severance
Severance Review Guide
A six-stage sequential walkthrough — from before the conversation through to the post-signing window — for executives and individual contributors.
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Guide · Employers
Employer Toolkit
Six modules covering hiring, contractor structure, workplace policies, performance and discipline, terminations, and dispute response.
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Employment
Before You Sign an Employment Agreement
Offer review, restrictive covenants, termination clauses, compensation, and bonus language — the sections that tend to matter later.
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§ Start an employment matter
Get the read before the next conversation.
Whether you are an employer weighing a termination or an individual reviewing severance, a consultation ends with a clear read and a recommended next step.
Toronto · Ontario