Toronto Employment Lawyer | Bune Law
Practical legal advice and representation for terminations, wrongful dismissal, severance packages, employment contracts, and workplace disputes in Toronto and across Ontario.
Toronto Employment Lawyer | Bune Law
Practical legal advice and representation for terminations, wrongful dismissal, severance packages, employment contracts, and workplace disputes in Toronto and across Ontario.
Why Clients Trust Bune Law — Toronto Employment Lawyer
Understand Your Rights. Clarify Your Next Steps
Whether you're facing a recent termination, reviewing a severance package, or navigating a workplace dispute, getting clear legal advice early can make a significant difference in your outcome.
Speaking with Ontario employment lawyer Sezar Bune can help you fully understand your rights, obligations, and options — so you can move forward with clarity and confidence, on your own terms.
They Have a Lawyer. Now You Do Too.
Facing a Termination or Workplace Dispute? Find Out Where You Stand.Supporting Employees with:
Wrongful Dismissal
Ontario employers typically offer less severance pay than what the law requires. Before you respond or sign any documents, find out what you may be actually owed.
Constructive Dismissal
If your employer has significantly changed your job, or working conditions without your consent, talk to our employment lawyer to determine if this amounts to a constructive dismissal.
Severance Package Review
Lost your job or offered severance? Our employment lawyer will review your severance package, explain your rights, and identify any opportunities to negotiate and maximize compensation.
Temporary Layoffs
If you are facing a temporary layoff, we offer strategic guidance and practical support to protect your legal rights and navigate uncertainty with confidence.
Employment Contract Review
Many employment contracts include clauses that limit your rights as an employee. We review your contract in detail, explain key terms, and provide guidance to protect your future.
Workplace Human Rights & Discrimination
Facing workplace discrimination? Our employment lawyer will help guide you with support and practical solutions to defend your rights, resolve workplace issues, and regain control.
Losing your job or facing unfair treatment at work affects more than your career. It can affect your life beyond work. Bune Law helps you understand your rights and take action to protect your future.
Proactive Legal Advice and Representation for Workplace Disputes.Supporting Employers with:
Wrongful Dismissal Claims
When a termination is challenged, how it was handled matters as much as whether it was justified. Bune Law defends employers and limits exposure with strategic legal advice from the outset.
Constructive Dismissal Claims
We help employers navigate constructive dismissal claims, minimize legal risks, and implement effective strategies to resolve disputes efficiently while protecting your business.
Termination & Severance Packages
We help employers manage terminations and severance packages with confidence, providing clear guidance and practical support to ensure legal compliance.
Employment Contracts & Workplace Policies
We help employers draft and update employment contracts and workplace policies, providing clear guidance to help you reduce legal risk and maintain fair compliant workplace practices.
Workplace Discrimination & Human Rights
Address workplace discrimination and human rights issues by developing and implementing procedures to minimize workplace disputes and foster a safe, fair, and compliant workplace.
Workplace Harassment Defence
Facing a workplace harassment complaint? We help employers respond strategically, conduct proper investigations, and implement clear procedures to protect your business and resolve matters efficiently.
Ontario employers face real legal obligations in how they hire, manage, and let people go. Bune Law provides clear, practical advice to help businesses stay on the right side of employment law.
Experience and Results Matter.
What matters most in an employment lawyer is the difference they make. Every client below turned to Bune Law after a termination left them with an unfair severance package, and each walked away with the outcome they deserved.
25 Months' Pay — Service Industry Professional
Our client was initially offered only 13 months of pay after decades of service. We stepped in and negotiated a severance package equivalent to 25 months of pay — nearly twice the original offer — ensuring this client was not left financially vulnerable after their termination.
24 Months' Pay — Long-Service Professional
The employer attempted to settle for just 12 months. We challenged the offer, identified additional grounds for damages, and secured a 24-month package plus additional compensation — double what the employer initially proposed, without going to trial.
20 Months' Pay — Senior Management
The employer claimed just cause — planning to pay nothing. We successfully challenged that characterization and secured a 20-month settlement without the cost or delay of a trial.
15 Months' Pay — Senior Executive
Our client was offered a 6-month severance package that ignored their seniority and specialized role. We challenged based on their unique market position and negotiated a 15-month settlement — more than double the original offer.
24 Months' Pay — Manager
Offered 17 months. We identified missed entitlements, negotiated to 24 months, and secured continuation of pension and benefits — protections the initial offer had ignored entirely.
21 Months' Pay — Service Professional
Terminated without cause and offered only 9 months. We fought for this long-service client and secured 21 months of total compensation — including the critical continuation of their pension plan.
Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes. Each case is unique and depends on its own specific facts. These summaries are provided for informational purposes only. Identities have been withheld for confidentiality.
12 Years. One Lawyer. One Focus: Ontario Employment Law.
Sezar Bune has practiced employment law in Ontario for more than 12 years, representing both employees and employers across a wide range of workplace disputes. Over that time, he has built a practice rooted in one area of law, developing the kind of depth that only comes from years of handling the same issues, at every level of complexity, across hundreds of real cases.
That depth has a direct effect on your matter. Every development in Ontario employment law, every lesson from over a decade of files, goes into how Sezar approaches your situation.
When you contact Bune Law, you speak directly with Sezar. From the first call to the last. No junior associates. No handoffs. No file passed down the line.
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What Sets Bune Law Apart
Frequently Asked Questions: Ontario Employment Law.
Straightforward answers on wrongful dismissal, severance packages, constructive dismissal, and workplace rights.
Was I wrongfully dismissed and do I have a case?
Wrongful dismissal in Ontario does not require your employer to have acted maliciously. If you were terminated without cause and did not receive reasonable notice or pay in lieu of notice, you likely have a claim regardless of whether your employer called it a layoff, restructuring, or elimination of your role. Constructive dismissal — where an employer makes your working conditions intolerable enough to force a resignation — is also recognized under Ontario law. The sooner you get clarity on where you stand, the more options you have.
How much severance am I entitled to in Ontario if I'm terminated without cause?
If your situation is like many of the employees we help, your employer's initial offer likely reflects the minimums under the Employment Standards Act, not your full entitlement under common law. Depending on your specific situation — including whether you have signed an employment contract with a valid termination clause, as well as your age, length of service, seniority, and how long it will realistically take you to find comparable work — your true entitlement to severance pay is often much higher, sometimes as much as 24 months. Many of the employees we help recover substantially more than the original offer, but only when they seek a review before signing.
Should I sign my severance package right away or can I negotiate more?
Most employees we speak with are surprised to learn they generally have time to respond. A severance package is an employer's offer to walk away without negotiating your rights, and in most situations there is room to negotiate. An employment lawyer can review your package quickly, assess whether the offer reflects your full entitlement, and help you understand your options before you make any commitments.
What are my rights as an employee in Ontario?
Ontario employees have significantly more legal protection than most people realize. Under the Employment Standards Act and common law, you have the right to reasonable notice or pay in lieu of notice if your employment is terminated without cause, the right to a workplace free from harassment and discrimination, and the right to have your employment contract enforced fairly. If your employer changes your job, compensation, or working conditions in a significant way without your consent, that may amount to constructive dismissal — which carries the same legal remedies as a termination. The law also protects you from being fired or penalized for asserting your rights. Understanding what you are entitled to before you respond to anything your employer puts in front of you is almost always the most important step you can take.
Can my employer fire me for making a complaint about harassment or discrimination?
No. Firing or penalising an employee for reporting harassment, discrimination, or a workplace rights violation is illegal in Ontario and is known as reprisal. It is more common than most employees realise, and it often happens in ways that are not immediately obvious — such as a sudden negative performance review, a drastic shift in responsibilities, or a hostile work environment that follows a complaint. If any of this sounds familiar, the circumstances are worth discussing with an employment lawyer.
Ontario Employment Law Insights
Our employment lawyer has published over 400 articles to serve as an educational resource covering termination, severance pay, constructive dismissal, employment contracts, human rights and workplace harassment. This library is designed to help workers and businesses understand the legal landscape and the general principles of employment law.
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