Mike Hamata is a partner at Roper Greyell and practises in all areas of employment and labour law, including disputes with unions, workplace safety, human rights, and employment litigation. He helps employers plan workplaces that minimize legal conflict and maximize productivity, efficiency, and profit. When employees or unions create conflict, he is a relentless, strategic, and practical advocate. He helps his clients pick and win the fights that matter in the big picture while avoiding getting dragged into those that don’t. He is a well-known fixture in labour arbitrations and at labour boards for both federally and provincially regulated employers. He is a popular (and occasionally funny) lecturer and presenter. He assists employers with collective bargaining, wrongful dismissals, human rights claims, workplace safety (including serious incident and fatality investigations), picketing injunctions, and strike planning. He is at his best working in close partnerships with his clients, to help employers and industry associations read the tea leaves in their workplace, their industry, and from government. He helps put those pieces of information together to find meaning and develop strategy.
