Andrew Schafer

Andrew Schafer is the Vancouver local chair of our employment and labour group. He advises clients on a variety of labour and employment matters, including labour relations, human rights, workers' compensation, wrongful dismissals, unjust dismissals, employment standards, and compensation issues.

He prepares various labour and employment agreements such as employment contracts, confidentiality agreements, restrictive covenants, return to work agreements, and workplace policies. Andrew assists clients with corporate transaction by providing labour and employment advice relating to due diligence, transactional drafting and labour and employment matters related to those transactions. In addition, and as part of his broader labour and employment practice, he advises on pension and benefits matters, including pension matters relating to plan design, plan amendments, plan mergers, regulatory compliance, and pension issues concerning corporate transactions.