Patrick L. Benaroche Email & Phone Number

I am a senior partner in the Employment & Labour Group of the Montreal office. With a background in organizational psychology, I provide advice to major corporations on all aspects of Canadian employment and labour law, with an emphasis on cross-border issues affecting a mobile workforce. I appear regularly before both civil and administrative tribunals on matters relating to wrongful dismissal, workplace harassment and discrimination, non-competition clauses and data privacy. I am often called upon by employers to advise on executive employment contracts, termination packages, workplace policies, employment standards and all matters arising from employment relationships, including plant closures, corporate restructuring and mass terminations.In addition to dealing with workplace health and safety issues, I am well experienced in the area of management-labour relations, including union certification and decertification proceedings, collective bargaining, grievance arbitration and management of strikes and lock-outs. I also conduct workshops designed to facilitate employee/employer relationships in the workplace and assists in the strategic planning of human resources management.

Listed skills include Employment Law, Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Civil Litigation, and 21 others.