Maria Giagilitsis has a specialized practice, which focuses on all aspects of human rights, labour and employment law. Maria works closely with human resource professionals and in-house legal counsel, providing both emergent and long-term strategic advice in connection with a broad range of complex matters. Maria's main focus includes the duty to accommodate, wrongful dismissal, employment agreements and severance agreements.
In addition to providing strategic advice, Maria's representative experience includes civil actions for wrongful dismissal as well as proceedings before administrative tribunals including Ontario's Labour Relations Board, Ontario's Employment Standards Branch, the Ontario Human Rights Commission, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal and labour arbitrators.
The most unique part of Maria's practice is her experience in corporate training. Maria regularly leads educational and training sessions for all levels of management and employees on virtually all aspects of human rights law and employment law. From time to time, Maria alse acts as a part-time professor of Human Rights and Employment Law at George Brown College.
Community Involvement
- CHILD YOUTH ADVOCACY PROGRAM, PRO BONO COUNSEL (2003 - PRESENT)
Maria has been retained as pro-bono counsel and has provided legal advice for numerous clients of this leading provider of legal advocacy services for underprivileged children in Toronto
- LORMAN EDUCATION SERVICES, VOLUNTEER EDUCATOR (2004 - PRESENT)
Maria has been invited to lead various continuing education seminars for this organization's members, consisting of human resource professionals from various industries across Ontario.
Membership/Affiliations
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Hellenic Canadian Lawyers' Association