Pearlman Lindholm’s lawyers routinely and successfully handle an extensive range of employment, labour and human rights law issues. Our lawyers have extensive experience with the BC Provincial and Supreme Courts, BC Human Rights Tribunal, Employment Standards Branch, Labour Relations Board, WorkSafe BC and the grievance and arbitration process. We are frequent advisors on workplace investigations and in-house management training. Together, we can help you successfully navigate the legal issues involved in both unionized and non-unionized workplaces, federal and provincial, private and public sector, and for example:
Certification
Collective bargaining and interest arbitration
Collective agreement interpretation
Management rights, policy and procedures
Discipline and discharge
Lay-offs, reorganizations and restructuring
Workplace investigations
Unfair labour practice complaints
Sale of business, successor/common employer proceedings
Strikes, lock-outs and picketing
Workplace investigations
Employment contracts, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements
Employment standards
Wrongful and constructive dismissal
Unjust dismissal and wage recovery complaints
Workplace bullying and harassment
Illness and disability management
Terminations for just cause
Reasonable notice, severance packages and releases
Health and safety
Workers’ compensation
Harassment and discrimination
Sexual harassment
Illness and disability, attendance management and return to work programs
Accommodation and undue hardship
Internal complaint procedures and investigations
Workplace investigations and respectful workplace training
Sharon Cartmill-Lane and Shelley Quinte practice exclusively in this area and are joined by,
Timothy A.C. Schober
Michael R. Scherr
David T. Juteau
Simon Gray-Schleihauf
Andrew D.M. Pike
Tyler D. Martens
Alexandra Shapka
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