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WE WORK FOR YOUR WORK

We are focused exclusively on resolving your workplace related issues.

 
 
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Our Windsor office is a satellite location for Vey Willetts’ Ottawa-based legal team.

How We Help

 

Wrongful Dismissal

Lost your job? Make sure you have been paid what you are owed in severance. Our Windsor lawyers are skilled at quickly assessing severance offers and advising you as to whether you have a fair deal.

Human Rights

Discrimination may be an action or a decision that negatively affects you as a result, for example, of your race, age, disability, or sex. Our Windsor human rights lawyers can help you enforce your rights.

Restrictive Covenants

We advise employees and employers on the use and enforceability of non-competition and non-solicitation clauses. Our Windsor lawyers quickly assess the strength of such clauses, and advise as to potential liability.

 

Employment Contract Review

Drafting a clear and enforceable employment contract that protects your interests is one of the most important things that a business can do. Failing to do so can result in significant liability. Our lawyers can help you avoid common mistakes.

Severance Package Review

If your employer presents you with a severance package, make sure you know whether it is fair. Our lawyers can help you assess the offer and, if required, negotiate on your behalf to get a better deal.

Disability Claims

If you find that your short or long term disability benefits have been denied, don’t give up. Our disability lawyers help employees appeal denials of benefits. We help ensure the insurance company receives the information it requires to approve your receipt of benefits.

 
 

Constructive Dismissal

Have you recently experienced a major change in your job? Has your salary or hours been reduced? Have your job duties been drastically altered? Don’t take these changes lying down. Our Windsor employment lawyers can help.

Workplace Policies

Clearly-drafted workplace policies should be the cornerstone of employee management at any business. We regularly work with our employer clients to help simplify the workplace policy process and ensure compliance.

 
 
 

About
the Firm

 

Problems at Work? We can Help.

At Vey Willetts LLP, we focus on employment law because we believe in doing one thing, and doing it very well.

At our practice we've gotten to know every aspect of employment law. We also believe in getting to know our clients exceptionally well, whether they are employees or small-business owners and managers.

We learn their history, the details of their situation, and their priorities, in order to truly understand their needs and come up with the best strategy to help them.

 
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Our TEAM

 
 
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Andrew N. Vey

Partner, Ottawa

Born in Ottawa and raised on the East Coast, Andrew is a founding partner of Vey Willetts LLP. From the start of his legal career, Andrew has focused exclusively on workplace law. His style of practice emphasizes finding collaborative solutions where possible combined with tenacious advocacy where necessary.

Andrew has served a diverse group of clients in the past, including large retailers, municipal police services and individual employees. He has also acted as counsel in court and administrative venues ranging from the Ontario Labour Relations Board to the Ontario Divisional Court. Andrew frequently appears as a speaker at HR industry events and has been quoted in publications such as Canadian HR Reporter and Global News.

Andrew holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Political Science from Carleton University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto. He also acts as a legal editor for First Reference’s Human Resources Policy-Pro (Ontario Edition) and is a regular contributor for HR Insider. Outside of the office Andrew serves as President of the Board of Directors for the Causeway Work Centre and is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and the County of Carleton Law Association.

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Paul J. Willetts

Managing Partner, Windsor

Prior to founding Vey Willetts LLP, Paul worked at one of Canada's leading labour and employment law firms and at a large energy corporation. He has represented clients at the Court of Appeal for Ontario, the Ontario Divisional Court, the Superior Court of Justice, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, the Ontario Labour Relations Board, and the Canada Industrial Relations Board, in addition to attending at numerous private arbitrations and mediations. Paul is dedicated to achieving the best possible result for his clients through exhaustive preparation, persuasive negotiation and staunch advocacy.

In addition to completing his law degree at the University of Ottawa, Paul holds degrees in political science from the University of Winnipeg (B.A. Hons.) and the University of Calgary (M.A.). He also acts as a legal editor for First Reference’s Human Resources Policy-Pro (Ontario Edition) and has published research on a number of employment law topics, including employee privacy, workplace accommodation and severance packages. He has further been quoted in the media on workplace issues by CBC, Yahoo! Finance Canada, Ottawa Metro, Canadian Employment Law Today, Canadian HR Reporter and The Lawyer's Daily.

 

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