Labour and Employment Law
Daniel Lublin
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2022 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Daniel Lublin, one of the leading employment lawyers in Canada, is on a mission to create meaningful and impactful change in workplace law. He possesses an unrelenting desire and passion to ensure his clients are treated fairly and properly, and to advance cases that seek to change the law for the better. This is reflected in several precedent-setting cases where Daniel has acted as legal counsel, including Ontario’s leading case on employment contracts, and several of the highest wrongful dismissal awards ever given to individual employees.
While Daniel is retained by executives, employees, contractors, and businesses to help them navigate all types of workplace issues, he focuses on termination and severance matters, with a particular emphasis on wrongful and constructive dismissal claims.
Since 2005, Daniel has published over 700 national newspaper articles on workplace law. As the Globe & Mail’s workplace law columnist for over 10 years and a regular guest on news outlets across the country, Daniel is also the go-to expert Canadians trust when it comes to their employment rights and concerns.
Overview
- University of Western Ontario, J.D., graduated 2003
- Ontario, The Law Society of Upper Canada, 2004
- Ontario, The Law Society of Upper Canada, 2004
- University of Western Ontario, J.D., graduated 2003
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada™ 2026 for work in:
- Labour and Employment Law
Awards:
Recognized by Chamber's guide for Canada's Leading Lawyers in Employment Law
Canada's Top Employment Lawyers by Carswell
Recognized in 2025 by the Canadian Lexpert Legal Directory as a Leading Practitioner for Employees in Employment Law
News & Media
Case History
Cases
- Ozorio v. Canadian Hearing Society, 2016 ONSC 5440
Successfully doubled the severance package offered to a 30 year senior manager, to 24 months, with the court’s recognition that older and long-term employees should receive significant severance awards to compensate for their age and long service.
- Wood v Fred Deeley Imports, 2017 ONCA 158
Prevailed in Ontario’s leading and most referenced case on employment contracts, decided by the Court of Appeal.
- Lau v CGI, 2018 HRTO 643
Successful application to join together a group human rights proceeding alleging systemic and group discrimination, at the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal.
- Yee v. Hudson's Bay Company, 2021 ONSC 387
Successfully argued the first known Canadian case to address the impact of COVID-19 on severance awards and secured a 16-month severance package and bonus to a terminated executive of HBC, following a trial.
- Kraft v. Firepower Financial Corp., 201 ONSC 4962
Prevailed in a case against a financial firm that tried to deny payment of the largest ever commission earned by an ex-banker and also obtained a 10-month severance package for an employee with 5 years’ service, including additional payments due to the impact of Covid-19.
- How v PRGX Canada Corp., 2023 ONSC 63774
Victorious in a case in which a senior executive and long-term employee was wrongfully dismissed after nearly 30 years and awarded nearly $1.7 million in damages. Successfully obtained an increase of over $1.2 million dollars for the client from the company’s original offer.
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