Mary Gleason is a partner at the Ottawa offices of Ogilvy Renault practising in the area of management labour relations and employment law, acting for both national and local clients. She is fluently bilingual and often pleads in French. Ms. Gleason regularly represents employers in both the federal and provincial jurisdictions in connection with collective bargaining, certification matters, sale of a business and single employer claims, complaints of unfair labour practices, grievance arbitration, unjust and wrongful dismissal complaints and actions, human rights issues, occupational health and safety, and employment standards matters. She also negotiates and drafts executive employment contracts, termination agreements and other agreements pertaining to executive compensation. Ms. Gleason regularly provides proactive advice to clients on the full range of labour and employment law issues, including privacy issues. Ms. Gleason appears before grievance arbitrators, labour boards, other administrative tribunals and the courts, including both the Federal and Ontario courts, where she has handled numerous judicial review applications.