Shandra practises in the areas of labour and employment law, representing management of public and private sector organizations engaged in a variety of industries.
Shandra provides practical advice and assistance to clients on all matters relating to labour and employment law, including:
- Negotiation, drafting, interpretation and application of collective agreements
- Negotiation and drafting of employment agreements
- Drafting, implementation and enforcement of workplace policies
- Disciplinary matters and terminations
- Compensation and benefit matters
- Labour and employment matters relating to corporate restructuring, downsizing and acquisitions
- Human rights matters, including discrimination, accommodation and harassment
- Employment standards matters
- Workplace safety and health and workers compensation matters
She represents employers before arbitration boards, human rights commissions and tribunals, labour boards, workers compensation tribunals and Manitoba courts.
- Executive Member, Executive Committee, Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce (Winnipeg)
- Member, Board of Directors, Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers (2013-2015)
- Co-chair, Professions Division, United Way (Winnipeg, 2013-2015)
- Member, The Law Society of Manitoba
- Member, Manitoba Bar Association
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Moderator, “Reconciliation: How We Can Do Better,” Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers (August 2020)
- Presenter, Annual Indigenous HR Conference, Legacy Bowes (April 2019)
- Presenter, Annual Manitoba Labour Law Review, Centre for Labour Management Development (present)
- Presenter, Annual Accommodation Update, Centre for Labour Management Development (present)
- Presenter, Annual Legislative Review, CPHR Manitoba (Manitoba, present)
- Presenter, “Medical Marijuana in the Workplace,” Entrepreneurs’ Organization Winnipeg (Winnipeg, March 2017)
- Presenter, “Avoiding Costly Wrongful Dismissal Claims,” Annual Conference, Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers (2015)
- Presenter, “Sexual Harassment in the Workplace,” HRMAM (March 2015)
- Presenter, “Mental Disabilities: Duty to Accommodate, Duty to Inquire and Privacy Considerations,” Rehabilitation Return to Work Partnership (March 2014)
- “Corporate Immigration and Cross Border Issues or How to Avoid the Immigration Blacklist” (April 2011)
- “Employer Overtime Exposure Due to After Hours Employee BlackBerry Use,” Upword (December 2010)
- Recognized as a Top Lawyer, Labour and Employment Law, Best Lawyers (Winnipeg, 2009-present)
- Named a Leading Practitioner, Employment (Employer), Labour (Management), Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
- Recognized as a Top Lawyer, Employment Law, Lexpert Magazine
- Recognized as One of Canada’s Leading Lawyer Under 40, Lexpert Magazine (2013)
- A.J. Christie Prize for highest standing, Advocacy
- Solomon Greenberg Prize for 1st Place in Moot Court Competition
- Dean’s Honour List, Faculty of Law