Marie-Pier represents federally and provincially regulated organizations of all sizes in labour and employment matters, ranging from prevention to representation, including:
- disciplinary measures and dismissals
- drafting, interpreting and applying employment contracts
- workplace harassment and investigations
- human rights cases
Marie-Pier regularly appears before administrative and civil tribunals, including the Superior Court of Québec and the Québec Court of Appeal, to represent the best interests of clients in matters of wrongful or constructive dismissals, contract or collective agreement interpretation, workplace harassment and investigations, as well as other claims and civil litigation. She also advises and helps businesses in their recruitment of foreign workers, namely for all matters relating to the issuance of a work permit.
She was hired as a student and did her articling at BLG.
Experience
- Marie-Pier successfully participated in defending large organizations against claims for constructive dismissal and oppression of minority shareholder, and for wrongful dismissal before the Superior Court of Québec.
- She also successfully participated in defending an international organization before the Superior Court of Québec and before the Québec Court of Appeal against a contractual claim for particularly high severance amount.
- Marie-Pier has also drafted several factums in appeal and judicial review application cases relating, inter alia, to issues of labour and employment law, human rights, corporation law and constitutional law.
- Marie-Pier successfully participated in defending large organizations against claims for constructive dismissal and oppression of minority shareholder, and for wrongful dismissal before the Superior Court of Québec.
- She also successfully participated in defending an international organization before the Superior Court of Québec and before the Québec Court of Appeal against a contractual claim for particularly high severance amount.
- Marie-Pier has also drafted several factums in appeal and judicial review application cases relating, inter alia, to issues of labour and employment law, human rights, corporation law and constitutional law.
