Donna J. Gallant

Donna J. Gallant

Counsel

Donna Gallant provides employment and labour law advice to management across a broad range of industry sectors. She works with employers on a day-to-day basis to develop, implement and update their human resource policies and practices, and to resolve workplace issues quickly as they arise. She represents employers in wrongful dismissal litigation, grievance arbitrations, and claims pursuant to human rights, employment standards, and workers' compensation legislation. Donna frequently provides advice on employment and labour issues in the context of corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions.

Donna's experience includes:

Employer counsel in human rights cases, wrongful dismissal litigation, grievance arbitrations

Employer representative in workers' compensation cases

Advising on labour and employment issues in context of mergers and acquisitions

Assisting employers to negotiate terms of severance in the context of individual terminations

Assisting employers to implement mass layoffs, downsizings and plant closures

Advising employers in the conduct of investigations of harassment, theft, and drug use

Advising employers in the negotiation and drafting of executive employment agreements

Donna articled with the firm in 1983 and became a partner in 1990. In 1993 Donna took a leave of absence from practice to focus on family and volunteer interests. In 1997, she accepted a position as in house counsel and corporate secretary for a public company, where she practiased until her return to the firm in 2004.

Selected Experience

Publications

Presentations

Membership/Affiliations