marie garel circ

MARIE GAREL CIRC
Associate
T 514.954.3131
Labour and Employment
F 514.954.1905
Pension and Benefits
Healthcare Human Resources and Labour Relations
Montréal
[email protected]
http://www.linkedin.com/in/mar
iegarel
Education / Bar Admissions
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
LLB in Civil Law and Common Law
(National Program), McGill University,
2009
Marie Garel practices in our Labour and Employment Group in Montréal.
BAA (Honours) in
Finance/International Management,
École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Montréal, 2005
Exchange student in Spain at
University ESADE, Barcelona, 2004
Québec, 2011
Her practice covers all aspects of labour and employment law, as it affects both
unionized and non-unionized companies, of small, medium or large sizes.
Marie advises employers on corporation reorganizations, the hiring and firing of
employees, disciplinary measures, individual and group layoffs, staff assessment
management (performance and work attendance), workplace investigations of all kinds,
labour relations, occupational health and safety, and human rights.
She is called upon to represent clients before the Tribunal administratif du travail (on
labour relations and workplace health and safety matters), the Canada Labour
Relations Board and the regular courts.
Marie also has expertise and a practical and current understanding of the complex and
specialized field of pension plans.
Professional Involvement
Member, Association du Barreau du
Québec
REPRESENTATIVE WORK
Member, Canadian Bar Association

Advises employers on various complex legal aspects of pension plans.
Member, Ordre des conseillers en
ressources humaines agréés

Advises employers on various aspects of labour and employment law,
including grievance arbitration, privacy complaints, human rights, labour
standards, termination of employment, occupational health and safety,
pay equity, industrial accidents and occupational diseases.
Community Involvement

Member of the Board of Directors,
Maison d’hébergement La Dauphinelle
Acts for employers before human rights tribunals, administrative tribunals
and the civil courts, both federal and provincial.

Volunteer, BLG Reads to Kids
Program
Drafts collective agreements as well as confidentiality, non-solicitation
and non-competition clauses.

Assists her colleagues in due diligence work related to major business
transactions. 
Provides training sessions for client companies on various aspects of
labour and employment law, including labour standards, pay equity,
industrial accidents and occupational diseases.
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PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
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Marie Garel has given several lectures to the Association des trésorières
et des trésoriers des instituts religieux (ATTIR) on various subjects
connected with labour law, in continuing training activities covering all
aspects of the management, financing and administration of religious
institutes.

Speaker, "Plans d'amélioration du rendement – cas pratiques," BLG's
annual Labour and Employment Law Symposium, Montréal, October 16, 2014.

Speaker, "Licenciement, les meilleures pratiques," BLG's annual Labour
and Employment Law Symposium, Montréal, October 11, 2014.

Speaker, "Le casse-tête de la conciliation Travail – Famille," BLG's
breakfast seminar on Labour and Employment Law, Montréal, May 2,
2014.

Speaker, "La maladie mentale en milieu de travail," BLG's breakfast
seminar, Montréal, November 16, 2012 and presentation organized by the Ordre des conseillers en ressources humaines agréés (CRHA), February 2013.
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Co-author (with Mathieu Piché-Messier), "Un employeur peut-il procéder à l'examen du contenu de l'ordinateur d'un de ses employés?", Direction
informatique, Montréal, June 10, 2013.

Researcher and contributor in the updating of Parts I and II of the
looseleaf service "Employment Law: Solutions for the Canadian
Workplace," Project Editor, Brian D. Mulroney (MacKillop, Malcolm J.;
Echlin, Randall Scott), prepared by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Labour
and Employment Group.

Interview with Jennifer Paterson, Media Business Unit, for an article
published on July 13, 2016.
RANKINGS & RECOGNITIONS
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​Mentioned on the Honour Roll of the École du Barreau du Québec (2010).
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Cited "with great distinction" for academic excellence, HEC (Montréal), Bachelor of Business administration (B.A.A.) (2005).
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