Nancy Ramalho

First Year of Call
Ontario, 1998

Areas of Practice
Employment Law

Description
Nancy Ramalho is Head of the Employment & Labour Group in Toronto. Nancy provides advice to national and international companies on legal and strategic human resource issues including employment standards, pay equity, human rights, workplace reorganizations, corporate policies and procedures, employment contracts, health and safety, and plant closures. Nancy regularly represents clients in judicial and administrative proceedings including certification and unfair labour applications and charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and has significant experience in collective bargaining negotiations.

Nancy provides assistance with labour and employment issues that arise in corporate transactions, insolvencies and restructurings. She conducts specialized and practical in-house supervisory training seminars on such topics as workplace harassment and violence, occupational health and safety due diligence requirements, and enforcing policies and procedures including discipline.

Professional Activities
Nancy is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers, the Portuguese Canadian Lawyers’ Association and the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation. She is also a member of the YWCA Canada and has sat on the Board of Directors of the YWCA Canada and YWCA Toronto. She currently sits on the Human Resource Committee of the Board of Directors of the Stratford Festival.

Background
Nancy is fluent in English and Portuguese.