shelley-mae mitchell

SHELLEY-MAE MITCHELL
Associée
T 604.640.4160
F 604.622.5860
Vancouver
[email protected]
Travail et emploi
Caisses populaires et coopératives
Formation / Admission au Barreau
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
LLB, University of Alberta, 1987
Shelley-Mae Mitchell is a partner in our Labour and Employment Group in our
Vancouver office. She focuses her practice on all aspects of employment law, including
preventive advice, employment policies and procedures, human rights complaints,
wrongful dismissals, employment litigation, injunction applications, and employment
standards appeals. She also practises in most labour areas, including arbitrations,
collective bargaining, picketing injunctions, and Labour Board Applications.
BAA, Ryerson Polytechnic Institute,
1984
British Columbia, 1988
Activités communautaires
Board Member and Director,
Vancouver Aquarium and Marine
Science Centre
Chair, Human Resources and
Executive Compensation Committee,
Vancouver Aquarium
Shelley-Mae has appeared as counsel in the British Columbia Supreme Court, British
Columbia Court of Appeal, and Federal Court. As well, she has conducted Human
Rights hearings, arbitrations, mediations and picketing actions before the Labour
Relations Board.
REPRESENTATIVE WORK
Notable Cases and Recent Decisions
Executive Committee Member,
Vancouver Aquarium
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Ridley Terminals Inc. – Labour Arbitration Cases
Board Member, Head of HR
Committee, and Coach, North Shore
Girls Soccer Club
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B.C. Hydro/Citizen for Technology – Human Rights
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Khalsa Credit Union/Grewal – Wrongful Dismissal
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Hertz – Injunction for Picketing Employees - Labour
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Days Inn – Labour
General Representative Work
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Conducts and defends wrongful dismissal trials at all court levels.
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Conducts Human Rights hearings.
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Advises on constructive dismissals; terminations based on cause; large layoffs; executive compensation packages; multiple severance packages;
Employment Standards and Canada Labour Code advice; sexual harassment;
complaints and mediations pursuant to both Federal and Provincial legislation;
and application, implementation and drafting of various employment policies
and employment agreements.
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Collective bargaining experience as company spokesperson in BC and Alberta
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Represents companies in various Labour Arbitrations and Labour Board
Hearings.
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Provides training and educational workshops to clients on various topics,
including harassment seminars, discipline techniques and managers’ training.
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Provides opinions and advice to businesses on various employment issues,
including takeovers, acquisitions, stock options agreements, plant closures and
other related issues.
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Provides employment and labour advice and due diligence for both private and
public corporations.
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Drafts and provides advice on Executive Agreements including compensation
and change-of-control provisions.
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Provides ongoing advice regarding labour negotiations and Collective
Agreement interpretation and drafting.
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
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Speaker, “Just Cause for Dismissal: How To, When To, and Can You?,” 15th
Annual Labour and Employment Law Symposium, November 2012.
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Speaker, “Cause for Dismissal: How To, When To, and Can You?,” Central 1
Credit Union People Focus Conference, October 2012.
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Speaker, “Bill 14: Anti-Bullying and Harassment Manager Training,” Vancouver
Aquarium Training Seminar, October 2012.
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Speaker, “Harassment in the Workplace: A Guide to Prevention,” Vancouver
Aquarium Training Seminar, October 2012.
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Author, “Sexual Harassment Laws: Still Striving to Find the Balance,” BLG’s
Labour and Employment Law News, Summer 2011.
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Author,“Honda v. Keays Update,” Annual Review of Civil Litigation, Carswell,
2010.
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Author/Presenter, “Workplace Disabilities,” BLG U In-House Counsel
Development Court, May 2010.
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Author/Presenter, “Disability and Illness in the Workplace,” BLG Client
Seminar, April 2010.
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Author/Presenter, “Honda v. Keays Update: “Where Are We Now, Two Years
Later?,” Labour & Employment Symposium, November 2009.
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Author/Presenter, “Human Rights and Employment Law Updates,” BLG U InHouse Counsel Professional Development Court, October 2009.
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Author/Presenter, “H1N1 Update for Employers,” BLG Client Seminar, October
2009.
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Author/Presenter, “Weathering the Storm: Downsizing and Alternatives in
Difficult Times,” BLG Client Seminar, April 2009.
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Author/Presenter, “Performance Management: “The Do’s, the Don’ts, and the
Whys?,” Labour & Employment Symposium, November 2007.
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Author/Presenter, “A Market Characterized by a Shortage of Workers,” T.E.
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Ladner Symposium, November 2007.
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Author/Presenter, “Performance Management and Cause For Dismissal,"
Labour & Employment Client Symposium, June 2007.
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