Ranked by several legal directories as one of Canada's leading lawyers in labour, employment and occupational health and safety law, Dominique L'Heureux is recognized foremost for the relevance of his advice and for his ability to respond quickly, efficiently and practically to complex legal issues.
With nearly twenty-five years of experience in labour, employment and occupational health and safety law, Dominique L'Heureux has leading-edge expertise in these matters. In particular, his expertise is valued for the negotiation of collective agreements, the arbitration of disputes, labour disputes and the pressure tactics arising therefrom, complex disputes with forensic implications, attendance management, administrative or disciplinary dismissals, issues relating to psychological harassment in the workplace, management of workplace competence, corporate reorganizations and crisis management in general.
Dominique L'Heureux represents a varied clientele, under provincial and federal jurisdiction, from various sectors of economic activity, including the health, food, retail, defence, mining, manufacturing and media sectors.
Dominique represents his clients with passion, rigour and competence before administrative tribunals specializing in labour law as well as before the civil courts. In this capacity, Dominique has successfully pleaded hundreds of cases before grievance arbitrators, before the Administrative Labour Tribunal (Occupational Health and Safety and Labour Relations Divisions) as well as before the civil courts.
He is recognized for his rigour, depth, credibility and ability to suggest practical, effective and realistic solutions to complex issues.
A distinguished speaker, Dominique is frequently called upon to give conferences or training sessions to managers from various organizations or associations.
Dominique was the co-leader of Fasken's Labour and Employment Law Group for several years.
