Susan Garvie Bio

Susan Garvie is a partner in the Employment, Pensions and Executive Compensation and Mergers and Acquisitions Groups at Goodmans. Susan has a commercial employment law practice in which she assists public and private clients with all employment-related issues including executive employment agreements and compensation as well as all employment aspects of purchase and sale transactions, including employment-related diligence, new hires, transfers and amendments of employment agreements, offers of continued employment, constructive dismissal, workplace reductions, executive compensation and equity incentive plans, restrictive covenants agreements, employment-related and successor employer issues in asset purchase agreements, share purchase agreements and similar transaction documents, collective agreements and unionized employee issues, as well as post-closing employment transition issues. She also advises clients on a broad range of human resources issues, including employment agreements, wrongful dismissals, severance arrangements and releases, employment standards, workplace harassment, including sexual harassment and discrimination, COVID-19 safety, screening, testing and vaccination issues and policies, occupational health and safety issues, pay equity issues, diversity and inclusivity initiatives, drug and alcohol policies, disability issues, human rights issues and other employment policies.