About

Provided by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Our L&E Group offers a full range of services to our clients in employment matters, labour relations, human rights, occupational health and safety, privacy, pensions and benefits, and immigration.

We have extensive expertise in:

  • Human resources, including drafting and litigating employment contracts, restrictive covenants, compensation, severance and stock option agreements, human rights/accommodation, attendance management, employment policy manuals, health and safety standards, health and welfare plans, pension and benefits and business immigration.​
  • Conducting training and investigations, including in the areas of harassment, human rights or fraud allegations.
  • Labour relations advice and litigation services, including defending unionization claims, collective bargaining representation, unfair labour practice and bad-faith bargaining complaints, strikes, lockouts and picketing injunctions, successorships, common employer applications, grievances and arbitration.
  • Litigating cases at all levels of court in the areas of wrongful dismissal, constructive dismissal, just cause dismissal and other civil litigation, as well as litigating before administrative tribunals such as human rights tribunals, labour relations boards, employment standards adjudicators, workers compensation boards, pay equity tribunals and occupational health and safety adjudicators. 
  • Advising on and litigating cases resulting from mergers, acquisitions, outsourcing transactions, relocations and closures.

Chambers Review

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Employment & Labour - British Columbia

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Borden Ladner Gervais maintains a dynamic employment and labour practice in Vancouver, which is aided by the firm's strong national footprint. The firm offers a range of employment and labour-related services, advising on human rights issues, labour relations, terminations and other litigation. The team also has experience handling the employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions. It represents public and private companies hailing from sectors, such as manufacturing, healthcare and construction. The firm also retains extensive knowledge of federally regulated industries such as banking, railways, airlines and shipping.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Shelley-Mae Mitchell
3
Shelley-Mae Mitchell
3
Band 3

Shelley-Mae Mitchell is the national business leader of the Borden Ladner Gervais' labour and employment group. She based in Vancouver, where clients appreciate her adept advice on a range of employment issues, from workplace human rights to wrongful dismissals. She is also experienced in collective bargaining and applications to the labour board.

Shelley-Mae is our go-to for legal issues. We have an excellent working relationship and she has taken the time to understand our industry and trends associated with the ever-changing landscape.

Without question, Shelley-Mae is an expert in her field and one who I trust implicitly.

Shelley-Mae is amazing across all aspects.

She is an exceptional lawyer who is client-focused and extremely commercial in her approach.

She gives you the legal advice so you understand your risks, strategies and options, while also being realistic and understanding the realities of operating a business.

Jennifer Fantini
4
Jennifer Fantini
4
Band 4

Jennifer Fantini is a highly regarded Vancouver-based lawyer, who is qualified to the Bar in both Ontario and British Columbia. She is notably skilled in handling termination disputes and collective agreements for a variety of national and international clients.

Jennifer understands our business and we can always count on her to provide us with guidance.

Jennifer has excellent responsiveness and expertise in the fields of labour and employment.

She is supremely responsive and efficient with her time.

Steve M Winder
4
Steve M Winder
4
Band 4

Steve Winder is the managing partner of Borden Ladner Gervais' office in Vancouver and excels in employment litigation, most notably concerning wrongful dismissals. Furthermore, he is well respected for his strengths in non-contentious labour matters, including providing employment advice in the context of mergers and acquisitions.

He's a very collaborative person who will take the clients' input. Steve has a very strong knowledge of the landscape when it comes to labour relations.

Ranked Lawyers at
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

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British Columbia

Employment & Labour

Shelley-Mae Mitchell
3
Shelley-Mae Mitchell
3
Band 3
Jennifer Fantini
4
Jennifer Fantini
4
Band 4
Steve M Winder
4
Steve M Winder
4
Band 4

Members

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