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    1500 Hill Centre I
    1874 Scarth Street
    Regina, SK S4P 4E9

    P: 1 (306) 347-8000

    F: 1 (306) 352-5250

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    Suite 1201 – 409 3rd Avenue S
    Saskatoon, SK S7K 5R5

    P: 1 (306) 975-7100

    F: 1 (306) 975-7145

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    2100 Livingston Place
    222 3rd Avenue SW
    Calgary, AB T2P 0B4

    P: 1 (403) 693-4300

    F: 1 (403) 508-4349

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    Suite 2200
    10235 – 101st Street
    Edmonton, AB T5J 3G1

    P: 1 (780) 969-3500

    F: 1 (780) 969-3549

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    1066 West Hastings Street
    Vancouver, BC V6E 3X1

    P: 1 (604) 682-7737

    F: 1 (604) 682-7131

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Labour & Employment

Our labour and employment team is one of the largest in Western Canada. We act for employers in all sectors. Several of our lawyers have been awarded Lawyer of the Year – Labour and Employment Law by Best Lawyers, and we are consistently recognized as leading management-side labour and employment lawyers by Best Lawyers in Canada and The Canadian Lexpert Legal Directory.

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We help employers to respond quickly and effectively to workforce challenges, providing proactive, practical and innovative advice and assistance on all labour and employment matters. This includes discipline and terminations; employment standards, occupational health and safety, human rights law and the duty to accommodate; privacy issues; personnel policies and contracts; drug and alcohol testing, personal searches and all types of litigation including wrongful dismissal and constructive dismissal claims, human rights complaints, employment standards complaints, and OH&S complaints before all relevant tribunals and courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada.

Our experience representing employers dealing with unions extends back to the very origins of trade union legislation in Western Canada. We provide advice on negotiating strategies and the dynamics of bargaining, negotiate collective agreements on behalf of management, advise on collective agreement interpretation and the grievance process, and represent employers before labour relations boards, arbitration boards and courts. We have comprehensive experience addressing issues such as applications for union certification, unfair labour practices and de-certifications. Our labour law practice is one of the most well-regarded in Western Canada.

We are well-versed on all aspects of compensation, pension and benefits law, including the tax implications of pension, disability and other group benefits plans and the resolution of disputes involving such plans.

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  • Whatcott v. Saskatchewan (Human Rights Commission), 2013 SCC 11, Supreme Court of Canada decision dealing with hate speech under Saskatchewan Human Rights legislation.
  • Represented employers in essential services litigation at the Supreme Court of Canada and courts below.
  • Represented companies in mining, construction, industrial, retail, oil and gas, transportation, food services and health care in wrongful dismissal trials, arbitrations and human rights complaints.
  • Successfully obtained injunctions for federally and provincially regulated employers during work stoppages.
  • Successfully obtained an injunction for a large international corporation in an action for breach of a non-competition agreement and the removal of proprietary information.
  • Successfully defended private and public employers in arbitrations involving the duty to accommodate, human rights and harassment issues.
  • Drafted drug and alcohol testing policies for several private-sector employers with safety-sensitive operations, and successfully defended those policies at arbitration.
  • Provided advice to public sector employers on compliance with statutory duties including freedom of information and protection of privacy
  • Conducted interest arbitrations on behalf of public sector employers including urban and rural school divisions.
Key Contact

Lynsey Gaudin

Partner

P: (604) 608-4581

F: (604) 682-7131

Office:Vancouver

Key Contact

Jean Torrens

Partner

P: (403) 693-4342

F: (403) 508-4349

Office:Calgary

Key Contact

Kevin Wilson, Q.C.

Partner

P: (306) 975-7103

F: (306) 975-7145

Office:Saskatoon

Key Contact

Eileen Libby, Q.C.

Partner

P: (306) 347-8450

F: (306) 352-5250

Office:Regina

Aziz Aboudheir

Associate

P: (306) 347-8425

F: (306) 352-5250

Office:Regina

John Agioritis

Partner

P: (306) 975-7143

F: (306) 975-7145

Office:Saskatoon

Scott Bell

Partner

P: (306) 975-7113

F: (306) 975-7145

Office:Saskatoon

Jonathan Bourchier

Partner

P: (403) 693-4310

F: (403) 508-4349

Office:Calgary

Shane Buchanan

Associate

P: (306) 956-2165

F: (306) 975-7145

Office:Saskatoon

Ashton Butler

Associate

P: (306) 347-8441

F: (306) 975-7145

Office:Regina

Sarah Carr

Associate

P: (204) 957-4894

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Graham Christie

Associate

P: (604) 608-4557

F: (604) 682-7131

Office:Vancouver

Shandra Czarnecki

Partner

P: (204) 957-4878

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Samantha Finkbeiner

Associate

P: (403) 693-5405

F: (403) 508-4349

Office:Calgary

Amy Gibson

Partner

P: (306) 956-6994

F: (306) 975-7145

Office:Saskatoon

Kristin Gibson

Partner

P: (204) 957-4692

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Allison Graham

Associate

P: (306) 347-8432

F: (306) 352-5250

Office:Regina

Davis Hirsch

Associate

P: (204) 957-4689

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Zoe Johansen-Hill

Associate

P: (306) 975-7112

F: (306) 975-7145

Office:Saskatoon

Megan Kheong

Partner

P: (780) 969-3516

F: (780) 969-3549

Office:Edmonton

Tyler Kochanski

Partner

P: (204) 957-4633

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Bret Lercher

Associate

P: (204) 957-4678

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Jana Linner

Partner

P: (306) 347-8427

F: (306) 352-5250

Office:Regina

Aaron Marchadour

Associate

P: (403) 693-5424

F: (403) 508-4349

Office:Calgary

Brent Matkowski

Partner

P: (306) 975-7129

F: (306) 975-7145

Office:Saskatoon

Ayana P. McAdam

Associate

P: (780) 969-5086

F: (780) 969-3549

Office:Edmonton

Alexsondra Moar

Associate

P: (204) 957-4734

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Arooj Shah

Associate

P: (780) 969-5068

F: (780) 969-3549

Office:Edmonton

Haley Stearns

Associate

P: (306) 347-8694

F: (306) 352-5250

Office:Regina

Grant Stefanson

Partner

P: (204) 957-4614

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Dany Théberge

Associate

P: (204) 957-4446

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Samina Ullah

Associate

P: (306) 956-6992

Office:Saskatoon

Andreina Varela-Taylor

Associate

P: (403) 693-5404

F: (403) 508-4349

Office:Calgary

Alizeh Virani

Associate

P: (604) 608-4598

F: (604) 682-7131

Office:Vancouver

Kurt Wintermute, Q.C.

Partner

P: (306) 975-7121

F: (306) 975-7145

Office:Saskatoon

Ariel Breitman

Partner

P: (403) 693-4316

F: (403) 508-4349

Office:Calgary

Robert Frost-Hinz

Partner

P: (306) 975-7148

F: (306) 975-7145

Office:Saskatoon

Christian Monnin

Partner

P: (204) 957-4621

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Walter Pavlic, Q.C.

Partner

P: (780) 969-3508

F: (780) 969-3549

Office:Edmonton

Colleen Verville, Q.C.

Partner

P: (780) 969-3505

F: (780) 969-3549

Office:Edmonton

Nakul Bhatia

Associate

P: (403) 693-4324

F: (403) 508-4349

Office:Calgary

Mandi Deren-Dubé

Associate

P: (780) 969-3518

F: (780) 969-3549

Office:Edmonton

Julie Ward

Associate

P: (403) 693-5407

F: (403) 508-4349

Office:Calgary

Devin Wehrle

Associate

P: (204) 957-4487

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Benjamin Young

Associate

P: (780) 969-5087

F: (780) 969-3549

Office:Edmonton

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Please use this form to contact the Labour & Employment Team directly with any questions or concerns you may have.

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