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Valerie Gareau-Dalpe Avocate/Lawyer Montréal

Valérie Gareau-Dalpé

Partner Fasken
Recent decisions of Québec’s Tribunal administratif du travail question the constitutionality of excluding managers from unions.
Jurisdiction Québec, 2013
Language(s) French, English
Office(s) Montréal
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Overview

Valérie Gareau-Dalpé is a member of the Labour and Employment Group in the firm's Montréal office. Passionate and experienced in all aspects of employment relations, Valérie deals more specifically with issues relating to the negotiation and interpretation of collective agreements, grievance arbitration cases, labour relations, labour standards, and health and safety.

Valérie has extensive experience in employment-related litigation, including judicial reviews and appeal proceedings. She regularly intervenes with her clients from various sectors, providing them with strategic input in complex situations involving human resources. She is also frequently invited to offer customized training in the workplace.

Valérie graduated from Laval University's Faculty of Law, where she is on the Honour Roll. With philanthropy at heart, she has been involved for several years with the Young Governors of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. She has held the position of co-president since the summer of 2019.

Achievements

  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Labour Relations, Lexpert 2026
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Employment Law, Lexpert 2023 to 2026
  • Recognized in Labour and Employment Law and Employee Benefits Law in Montréal, The Best Lawyers in Canada 2022 to 2026
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Labour Relations, Lexpert Canadian Legal Directory 2024

Experience

  • Barry Callebaut renews a 6-year collective agreement for its employees, [Case - Barry Callebaut], During negotiations for the renewal of the collective agreement, Barry Callebaut faced several days of strike action at his Saint-Hyacinthe plant. This plant, which is the largest chocolate factory in the Americas and the second largest in the world, produces more than 190,000 tonnes of chocolate...
  • Settlement of labour conflict at Aluminerie de Bécancour ( ABI ) – Alcoa and Rio Tinto, [Case - Alcoa and Rio Tinto], We acted on behalf of Alcoa and Rio Tinto on several related mandates: Fasken acted as spokesperson for Aluminerie de Bécancour (Alcoa and Rio Tinto) for the renewal of the collective agreement in the longest and most prominent labour conflict in Quebec in 2018 and 2019 (an 18-month lock-out...

Career & Education

Education

  • LLB Université Laval

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, Young Bar Association of Montréal
  • Member, Québec Bar

Knowledge

Events

  • Navigating between Freedom of Expression and an Employee’s Duty of Loyalty, 11/6/2024
  • COVID-19 Vaccines and the Workplace: What Canadian Employers Need to Know, 3/30/2021
  • La conciliation amour-travail: comment trouver le juste équilibre ?, 6/12/2019
  • How to manage work performance?, 12/6/2017
  • The Probationary Period (or the no man's land of the employer/employee relationship), 5/3/2017
  • Labour Law Forum - Boucherville, 10/25/2016
  • Labour Law Forum - Fasken Martineau, 10/21/2015
  • Labour & Employment Law Forum - Fasken Martineau, 10/30/2014

News

  • Fasken Adds 22 New Partners, 12/18/2020
  • Journal du Barreau announces the arrival of Carl Bélanger, Robert Dupont, Stéphane Fillion, Rhéaume Perreault, Simon Laberge, Kadiatou Sow, Alexis Charpentier, Alexandra Meunier and Valérie Gareau-Dalpé at the firm, 4/1/2014
  • Les Affaires.com announces the arrival of 30 lawyers at the firm, 3/31/2014
  • Fasken Martineau welcomes seven new labour lawyers to its Montréal office, 2/13/2014