Labour & Employment Transactions & Cases

Our Labour & Employment Practice Group is engaged in a variety of matters at any given time. Some of the important matters we have handled are:

• Represented a client at the Supreme Court of Canada in an important case concerning construction industry hiring halls, which made new law concerning judicial review of labour arbitration decisions

• Intervened on behalf of the Province of Alberta at the Supreme Court of Canada in a labour relations case concerning the exclusive jurisdiction of arbitrators

• Provided advice to provincial and territorial governments with respect to revision to labour legislation

• Provided advice to provincial and territorial governments with respect to unlawful public sector strikes

• Negotiated collective agreements for provincial and territorial governments

• Assisted a health care client to successfully avoid a certification application through a comprehensive communications strategy

• Provided comprehensive union avoidance training to supervisory personnel of several major employers

• Litigated and subsequently resolved several contentious fiduciary duty disputes

• Provided advice on the creation of a new industry-wide drug and alcohol policy for the construction industry and provided ongoing advice to several employers on the day to day operation of their drug/alcohol testing programs

• Assisted a major retailer in respect of a strike and picketing issues including litigation

• Defended several human rights complaints involving disability discrimination and drug testing

• Successfully defended a human rights complaint which raised "poisoned work environment" allegations

• Negotiated collective agreements for provincial and territorial governments as well as clients in various industries

• Represented employers in numerous grievance arbitrations in Alberta and the Northwest Territories, and acted as employer nominee in numerous arbitrations

• Advised several owners and contractors in respect to labour relations strategies related to oil sands projects

• Conducted various judicial review applications arising out of Labour Relations Board hearings affecting the construction industry

• Defended numerous wrongful dismissal lawsuits including those involving difficult sexual harassment issues

• Successfully defended a certification application in respect of an industrial fabrication shop

• Conducted harrassment investigations and presented harrassment seminars to employees of a diamond mine

• Successfully litigated a constitutional issue for a major national company

• Advised and guided a client regarding a potential labour dispute in the education industry

• Represented an employer before an appeals commission under the Workers Compensation Act

• Presented supervisory training courses for utility and municipal employees

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