Megan Kheong

Partner

(she/her)

Edmonton

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Education & Qualifications

  • Alberta Bar (2015)
  • JD (Alberta, 2014)
  • BA with first class honours (Calgary, 2010)
  • Diploma of Music (Grant MacEwan, 2005)

Megan advises employers in all aspects of employee relations.

Megan assists employers with the development of workplace agreements and policies, workplace investigations, employment standards compliance, hiring, discipline and termination issues, injunctions for breach of non-competition/non-solicitation/confidentiality, human rights compliance and accommodation, occupational health and safety complaints and investigations and compliance.

Megan has appeared before all levels of court in Alberta and has experience with pre-trial hearings and applications, mediations, trials, arbitrations and Labour Relations Board and Human Rights Commission hearings.

Megan also has experience advising on construction litigation matters, including builders’ liens, deficiency issues and debt matters.

 

  • Executive Committee Member, Labour & Employment Section, Canadian Bar Association (2019-present)
  • Committee Member, Fund Development and Advocacy Committees, Canadian Mental Health Association (Edmonton, 2018-present)
  • Member, Human Rights Section, Canadian Bar Association (2018-present)
  • Volunteer, Peer Support, Alberta Lawyers’ Assistance Society (Albera, 2016-present)
  • Board Member and Committee Member, Canadian Mental Health Association (Edmonton, 2019-2022)
  • Advocacy Committee, Fertility Matters (2019-2021)
  • Producer and Dancer, Law Show, Faculty of Law (Alberta, 2011-2014)
  • Caseworker, Student Legal Services, Criminal and Civil Projects (Edmonton, 2011-2013)
  • Presenter, “Damage Awards & Update of Remedial Powers: Past Practice and Trends in the Various Jurisdictions,” Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers (September 2021)
  • Presenter, “COVID-19 – One Month Out. What Have We Learned and What Do We Need to Know?”  Labour & Employment Webinar, MLT Aikins (April 2020)
  • Presenter, “Cannabis in the Workplace – Is Your Workplace Ready?” Alberta Land Surveyors’ Association (April 2019)
  • Presenter, “Who, What, Where, When and Why? A Guide to Workplace Investigations,” CPHR (Albera, February 2019)
  • Presenter, “Accommodating Mental Illness in the Workplace,” 35th Annual CPA Small Practitioners’ Forum (October 2018)
  • Presenter, “Accommodating Mental Illness in the Workplace,” The Conference Board of Canada (May 2018)
  • Presenter, “Drafting Enforceable Employment Contracts,” Labour and Employment Law Update, MLT Aikins (Alberta, October 2021)
  • Presenter, “Black and Indigenous Lives Matter: Considerations for Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace,” Labour and Employment Law Update, MLT Aikins (Alberta, October 2020)
  • Presenter, “Digitalization: Legal Challenges in a Rapidly Changing Workplace,” Labour and Employment Law Update, MLT Aikins (Alberta, October 2019)
  • Presenter, “Occupational Health and Safety Update,” Labour and Employment Law Update, MLT Aikins (Alberta, October 2018)
  • Presenter, “Employment Standards Update” Labour and Employment Law Update, MLT Aikins (Alberta, October 2017)
  • Presenter, “Covid-19 and the Law: Where are we Two Years Into the Pandemic?” Human Resource Professionals Seminar, MLT Aikins (April 2022)
  • Presenter, “Employment Considerations for the Sale or Acquisition of a Business,” Human Resource Professionals Seminar, MLT Aikins (April 2021)
  • Presenter, “Legal Implications of Covid-19 Vaccines and Vaccination Policies,” Human Resource Professionals Seminar, MLT Aikins (April 2021)
  • Presenter, “Navigating Employment Litigation,” Human Resource Professionals Seminar, MLT Aikins (April 2020)
  • Presenter, “Accommodation Workshop” Human Resource Professionals Seminar, MLT Aikins (May 2019)
  • Presenter, “Employment Standards Update,”  Human Resource Professionals Seminar, MLT Aikins (March 2018)
  • Presenter, “Overview of Termination of Employment,” Human Resource Professionals Seminar, MLT Aikins (March 2017)
  • Presenter, “Employment Standards Basics,” Human Resource Professionals Seminar, MLT Aikins (March 2016)
  • Presenter, “Marijuana in the Workplace,” Occupational Health and Safety Workshop, MLT Aikins (March 2018)
  • Presenter, “Marijuana in the Workplace,” Canadian Aboriginal Human Resource Management Association (2018)
  • Presenter, “Independent Contractors Versus Employees,” Human Resources Institute of Alberta (February 2017)
  • Presenter, “Building Resilience for a Successful Legal Career,” Alberta Lawyers Assistance Society (2016; 2017; 2018)
  • Presenter, “Employment Standards Basics,” Human Resource Professionals Seminar, MLT Akins (2016)
  • Co-author, “Not Forgiven, Not Forgotten: An Investigation of Unforgiven Interpersonal Offenses,”  Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 30 (2010)
  • Honourable Constantine Kosowan Award (Alberta, 2013)
  • Roger S. Smith Undergraduate Student Research award (2013)
  • Jason Lang Scholarship (Alberta, 2012; 2013)
  • Alberta Law Foundation Undergraduate Bursary (Alberta, 2012; 2013)
  • Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP Entrance Scholarship (Alberta, 2011)
  • Academic Achievement Award (Calgary, 2010)
  • Jason Lang Scholarship (Calgary, 2007)
  • Dixieland Jazz Society Award (2005)