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Jennifer practises in the areas of labour relations and employment law. Within her practice, she advises public and private sector employers with respect to:
employee discipline and termination
wrongful dismissal
employment policies and contracts
employment standards
human rights issues
She has a special interest and expertise in constructive dismissal law.
Jennifer also represents both employers and employees in wrongful dismissal and related civil litigation (at various levels of court), and appears on behalf of clients before different administrative tribunals, including human rights tribunals and labour relations boards.
Jennifer also conducts client training on a variety of labour and employment issues. She represents unionized employers in collective agreement negotiations and arbitrations.
Prior to joining the Vancouver office, Jennifer practised at BLG’s Toronto office for 15 years.
Experience
Advises a variety of private and public sector employers, notably in the financial services sector and the healthcare sector, providing advice related to all aspects of the employment relationship, in both unionized and non-unionized workplaces.
Represents public and private sector employers and employees in civil wrongful dismissal and constructive dismissal actions.
Represented a national sports association as an Intervener in a hearing before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario challenging the Association’s dressing room policy as discriminatory. The policy was upheld as non-discriminatory by the Tribunal.
Represented various hospitals in human rights complaints before the Tribunal, involving former employees and patients (including sensitive matters involving the rights of transgendered patients and other vulnerable segments of the population).
Represented several clients in defending complaints alleging a violation of reinstatement provisions and reprisal under the Employment Standards Act, 2000.
Speaker, "Employee terminations: Not just the cost of doing business anymore," BLG Breakfast sessions, March and April 2016
PRÉSENTATION
Speaker, "Hiring and Firing," Vancouver Board of Trade, 2016
PRÉSENTATION
Co-Chair, New Lawyer Program: Employment Law Practice Essentials, September 2012, 2014 and 2016 (webinar)
PRÉSENTATION
Speaker, Osgoode Certificate in HR Law for HR Professionals, 2012-2016
PRÉSENTATION
Co-Author, Quitting for Good Reason: The Law of Constructive Dismissal in Canada, Canada Law Book, 2001
PUBLICATION
Employment Law: Practical Solutions for the Canadian Workplace, BLG and Specialty Technical Publishers
PUBLICATION
Awards & Recognitions
Recognized in the 2022 edition (and since 2016) of The Best Lawyers in Canada (Labour and Employment Law).
Recognized in the 2021 edition of Benchmark Canada as a Litigation Star
Recognized in the 2017 and 2016 editions of Chambers Canada – Canada's Leading Lawyers for Business (Employment & Labour: British Columbia) (Band 4).
Recognized in the 2015 edition (and since 2011) of Chambers Global – The World's Leading Lawyers for Business (Employment & Labour).
Recognized as one of Lexpert®’s Rising Stars – Leading Lawyers Under 40 (2012).
Recognized in the 2017 edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Employment Law).
Bar Admission & Education
Ontario, 2001
Colombie-Britannique, 2016
MBA/LLB, York University/,
Faculté de droit Osgoode Hall de l'Université York, 1999
BA in Labour-Management Relations,
Université de Toronto, 1995
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