Chanelle Wong

Practice Areas

Chanelle Wong advises and represents employers on a wide range of labour, employment, human rights, privacy, occupational health and safety, and workers’ compensation issues, in both unionized and non-unionized environments. She advises both provincially regulated and federally regulated employers, and employers in both the private sector and public sectors.

Chanelle provides practical and strategic advice to employers at all stages of the employment relationship, from hiring to dismissal. She regularly advises on compliance with statutory requirements that impact the workplace and best practices for employers. She prepares and advises on employment agreements, confidentiality agreements, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, severance agreements, as well as company policies and procedures, including respectful workplace policies, privacy policies, and drug and alcohol policies.

Chanelle has acted for clients on all aspects of workplace law, including wrongful dismissal claims, disability issues, discrimination claims, bullying and harassment claims, union grievances, certification applications, and access to information requests. She regularly represents clients at mediations, arbitrations, and other legal proceedings, and has assisted with workplace-related investigations. Chanelle has represented clients before the Provincial and Supreme courts of BC, the BC Labour Relations Board, the BC Employment Standards Branch, and the BC Human Rights Tribunal, and before various labour arbitrators.