Biography: Management Labour and Employment

Michael Sherrard is the founding member of Sherrard Kuzz LLP and an established leader in his field. He is recognised as 'repeatedly recommended' and a 'leading practitioner' by Lexpert and a top lawyer by Chambers Global which states: 'focusing on labour matters for employers Michael Sherrard is great at satisfying the needs of even the most demanding clients'.

Michael is past chair of the national labour and employment law section of the Canadian Bar Association and the labour relations section of the Ontario Bar Association. He is the recipient of the 2010 Construction Institute of Canada's Chancellor's Award of Excellence, and the University of New Brunswick Alumni Award of Distinction.

Michael has extensive experience acting for public and private sector employers in a wide range of industries including manufacturing, health care, education, retail, automotive and construction. His expertise includes: acquisitions, divestitures and restructurings; advising the multinational and multi-jurisdictional employer; attendance management; Canada industrial relations board proceedings; collective agreement administration; collective bargaining; construction labour relations; employee relations; employee screening and hiring; employment contracts; employment standards; executive compensation; grievance arbitration; human rights; injunctive court proceedings and judicial review; interest arbitration; management training; mediation; occupational health and safety; Ontario labour relations board proceedings; pay equity; privacy; responding to union organising and applications for certification; sale or closure; strike or lock-out; workplace audits; workplace investigations; workplace safety and insurance; and wrongful dismissal litigation.

Michael is widely published and frequently asked to speak on a variety of topics for the employment and labour bar, employer associations and clients.

He is the chair or a member of the following organisations: American Bar Association (administrative & regulatory practice and labour & employment law); automotive parts manufacturers association; Canadian association of counsel to employers; Canadian manufacturers and exporters; leukemia & lymphoma society of Canada; Ontario Bar Association (corporate counsel, labour & employment); retail council of Canada; Toronto board of trade; Toronto construction association; and the Yves Landry foundation (chair, board of directors).

Michael holds a Bachelor of Education and a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of New Brunswick.