James Fu

James is a preeminent pension & benefits and labour & employment lawyer. He regularly handles day-to-day, litigation and corporation transaction mandates. James’s labour and employment & pensions and benefits practice includes advising: employers on many aspects of the employment relationship, including pay transparency requirements, interview questions and pre-employment representations and establishment of employment contracts; on terminations of employment relationships, including pension and benefits entitlements in severance packages; on contractor relationships, including classifications as dependent contractors and independent contractors; pension plan stakeholders on pension and benefits plan set-ups and mergers; plan sponsors and administrations on plan sponsor and plan administrator duties, including funding obligations and letters of credit; plan sponsors and administrations on differences and/or disputes with third parties, including in multi-employer pension plan situations and in individual pensioner or spousal claims situations; on corporate transactions including transferring employment of employees, the establishment or termination of retirement income and other benefit plans, pension asset transfers and mitigating risks of constructive dismissal.