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Appropriately navigating the labour, employment, and human rights landscapes is essential to attracting, retaining, and motivating your employees and by extension successfully maintaining and developing your business.

With offices in all the major city centres across Canada, our Labour, Employment & Human Rights (LEHR) lawyers work with clients to provide proactive and pragmatic advice. Whether you need help to conclude innovative collective agreements or create risk management and compliance programs, we have the in-depth knowledge and experience required. In the event disputes arise, we will help you defuse tension among stakeholders and skillfully represent your interests in court, before tribunals or at arbitration.

As one of the largest national labour, employment and human rights practices in Canada, we are able to comprehensively assist clients with their LEHR needs across the country in a coordinated manner. We represent major federally regulated employers including banks, airlines, telecommunication companies and Crown corporations. We also advise many significant employers in a broad range of provincially regulated sectors including retail, manufacturing, mining, agriculture, education, health, financial services, among others.

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What the Team is Known For

Fasken is an esteemed national law firm with a highly respected employment and labour practice in Vancouver. It is appointed by employers ranging from regional companies to national and multinational corporations in sectors as diverse as retail, technology and energy. The firm advises on a broad array of matters, including collective bargaining agreements, labour relations and wrongful dismissal complaints. It possesses further expertise in human rights issues, including in relation to allegations of sexual harassment, and regularly handles matters relating to the employment aspects of large M&A transactions.

Work Highlights

  • Fasken represented Overstory Media Group in a union certification application brought by the Canadian Media Guild for a bargaining unit of Overstory’s employees across Canada.

Strengths

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Fasken provides great communication, is highly knowledgeable and has expertise to draw from.

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The Fasken team is experienced in the field and understands our sector and the concerns driving our operations.

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The legal representatives at Fasken provide us with advice that we trust.

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Fasken has expertise, care of service and customer support. The high degree of commercial awareness at Fasken has helped provide valuable insight to our business.

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The firm has strong understanding of the legalities around employment issues.

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Notable Practitioners

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David McDonald
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David McDonald
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David McDonald is a partner in Fasken's Vancouver labour, employment and human rights group. He acts for federal clients both in British Columbia and across Western Canada, most significantly on collective agreements, strike actions and judicial review. He advises his clients on labour relations, all areas of employment law, human rights and occupational health and safety.

David is a wealth of knowledge and very practical.

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Clayton Jones
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Clayton Jones
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Clayton Jones is the manager of Fasken's labour, employment and human rights group in Vancouver. He is a prominent lawyer when it comes to labour arbitration, most significantly acting for clients in the forestry and infrastructure sectors. He exhibits further strengths in advising on the employment aspects of corporate restructurings.

It has been a pleasure to work with Clayton. He is clear in his messaging and supportive when difficult decisions must be made.

Clayton is very knowledgeable, pragmatic and provides alternative options to consider. He is very personable and takes the time to build rapport.

I swear by him; it doesn't matter what the issue is, I can always count on him. Clayton handles all matters beautifully and he has extensive knowledge.

He has the ability to provide sound, direct advice and maintain an approach that keeps the issue down to earth.

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David Wong
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David Wong
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David Wong is co-leader of Fasken's national labour, employment and human rights practice group and the head of the human rights group in the Vancouver office. He has developed a notable reputation for his capabilities in a variety of employment issues, from labour relations and collective bargaining to grievance arbitrations and human rights cases.

David is really thoughtful and listens thoroughly. He's flexible and understands when we need to get creative.

I always feel like he makes our organisation a priority and he is always well prepared.

David is a great leader of his team.

David is always available to answer questions and gives business-minded advice when considering complicated employment-related issues.

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Stephanie Gutierrez
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Stephanie Gutierrez
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Stephanie Gutierrez is based in Fasken's Vancouver office and has fast become a go-to lawyer for numerous national and provincial clients in collective bargaining and contentious labour matters.

She routinely demonstrates a high degree of care for us as a client and has provided invaluable support to numerous sophisticated matters.

Stephanie is very responsive to our needs, always willing to discuss options and is knowledgeable on the issues.

Stephanie has a deep understanding of our business.

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Leslie Whittaker
Leslie Whittaker
Associates to watch

Leslie Whittaker is an associate based in Fasken's Vancouver office. She delivers comprehensive guidance across a variety of employment matters.

I adore working with Leslie. Her knowledge and responsiveness is top-notch.

We couldn't have better support from Leslie. She takes the time to explain situations which I'm unsure how to navigate.

I really appreciate that Leslie is clear and decisive.

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Matthew Allard
Matthew Allard
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Matthew Allard is an associate who capably supports employers on a wide spectrum of employment, labour and human rights issues. He is based in Fasken's Vancouver office.

Matthew is very knowledgeable and supportive.

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David McDonald
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David McDonald
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Clayton Jones
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Clayton Jones
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David Wong
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David Wong
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Stephanie Gutierrez
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Stephanie Gutierrez
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Leslie Whittaker
Leslie Whittaker
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Matthew Allard
Matthew Allard
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