Richard Steele, Partner
Biography
Richard's focus is on employment and labour.
Richard appears before all levels of Court in Alberta and the Federal Court of Canada. He also appears before the Alberta Labour Relations Board, the Canada Industrial Relations Board, the Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board and the Alberta Human Rights Commission. He regularly:
- Advises clients regarding termination and layoff strategy
- Drafts collective agreements, employment agreements, independent consultant contracts, change of control and retention agreements
- Advises clients concerning personnel procedures and policies, drug and alcohol policies, restrictive covenant obligations and site access issues
- Advises clients on downsizing, corporate transactions, defending employment-related litigation and discrimination complaints
- Advises clients relating to union matters, including collective agreements, unfair labour practice complaints, duties of fair representation, certification and revocation, and successor and common employer applications
- Represents parties at grievance arbitrations
- Advises clients on all aspects of whistleblower policies and workplace investigations, including retaining and organizing independent, 3rd party, workplace investigations, as well as personally conducting workplace investigations