Group Litigation and Employment Class Actions

Class actions, group claims, and individual claims can involve contractual, common law, and statutory causes of action. Employment claims are primarily contractual disputes. Employment contracts can either be expressed or implied. Even where there is no written employment contract, the law imposes an implied contract from the surrounding facts and circumstances. Collateral claims relating to statutory and civil wrongs or tort claims can also arise in an employment dispute.

Group litigation or class actions on behalf of employees may arise in many ways, such as when an Employer fails or refuses to pay overtime or statutory pay, or forces employees to work off the clock or provide employment services for free. Provable patterns of group discrimination, including systemic discrimination cases, based on sex, race, creed, colour, age or disability, or any other analogous ground of discrimination as set out in the Human Rights Code may also give rise to a potential group litigation or class action.

Group litigation, or “Class Actions”,  can also occur when there is a mass lay-off or termination of a large group of employees. When these occur, it is usually a sign of a significant financial problem with the Employer. If there is a threat of mass or group lay-offs/terminations, do not delay in seeking advice and assistance as time is of the essence for these types of claims, before all the company assets are gone.

Class Action Lawyer

If you need a class action lawyer to respond to the threat of mass lay-offs or other employment disputes affecting a group of employees, Contact Evans Law Firm today for a free no-obligation consultation with a class action lawyer. Sometimes time limits can bar an otherwise good claim from being advanced. Please don’t delay and contact us as soon as possible. There is no cost until we are formally retained and a written retainer agreement is in place.