Rachel Zaurov
Rachel brings a practical, strategic, and client-centred approach to her work. She understands that employment issues often arise at difficult and sensitive moments, and she is committed to helping clients understand their rights, obligations, risks, and options with clarity and confidence.
Before joining The Employment Law Boutique, Rachel practiced at a workplace law boutique where she represented and advised both employer and employee clients in employment, labour, and human rights matters. She has assisted clients in matters before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, the Ontario Labour Relations Board, the Small Claims Court, the Superior Court of Justice, and in grievance arbitration and mediation processes.
Rachel completed her articles at a Toronto employment and labour law firm, where she gained experience in employment-related disputes, union-side labour litigation, grievance arbitration, human rights, and occupational health and safety matters. She also previously worked with the Human Rights Legal Support Centre and its Sexual Harassment and Assault Resource Exchange program, where she assisted individuals navigating workplace discrimination, harassment, and human rights issues.
Rachel received her J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School. During law school, she served as Senior Accessibility Editor of the Osgoode Hall Law Journal and participated in clinical and public-interest legal work focused on access to justice and human rights. Prior to law school, Rachel earned her B.A. from McGill University and worked in the non-profit sector in New York.
Outside of work, Rachel enjoys reading, hiking, travelling, exploring Toronto, and searching for her next favourite film or comedy special.
Rachel Zaurov
The Employment Law Boutique
Secret Recording of Workplace Meetings was Cause for Termination
It is not a criminal act to record conversations where you have the consent of one of the parties, typically by the one who is doing the recording. However, we now have a case out of British Columbia finding, criminal or not, it was an invasion of privacy and...
Early Termination Clause Invalid – Employee Entitled to Balance of 3-year Fixed Term Contract
In a recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the principles in the now infamous Waksdale v. Swegon North America Inc., 2020 ONCA 391 decision were applied to a fixed term contract, striking out a termination clause where the ‘for cause’...
COVID-19 Vaccine Policies
What is the hot issue in every workplace right now? Vaccine policies of course. We have yet to see a court or administrative tribunal definitively answer whether vaccine policies violate health privacy laws or employee privacy generally or whether an employer’s...