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Lee
Shouldice is a partner in the Labour and Employment
Law Group at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, counselling
employers in all areas of employment and labour
law, with special expertise in labour relations
matters, wrongful dismissal litigation, employment
standards disputes, occupational health and safety
proceedings, and human rights complaints. Mr. Shouldice
has acted as both an arbitrator and as a nominee
on boards of arbitration. He first joined Blakes
in 1989, and worked in the Labour and Employment
Law Group until September 1993, at which time he
was appointed to the Ontario Labour Relations Board
as a Vice-Chair. Mr. Shouldice served as a Vice-Chair
of the Board until February 1999. From December
1996 to February 1999, Mr. Shouldice also served
as an Employment Standards Referee/Adjudicator and
as an Occupational Health and Safety Adjudicator.
Mr. Shouldice rejoined Blakes in February 1999,
and was admitted to the partnership in February
2000. Mr. Shouldice was for many years a contributing
editor to Carswell’s Human Resources Management
In Canada and Human Resources Management In Mid-Sized
Firms, where he both wrote and edited the Employment
Standards and Labour Relations materials, and is
a member of the Editorial Board of Butterworth’s
Employment and Labour Law Reporter. He teaches at
George Brown College, speaks regularly at conferences
on labour and employment law topics, and has presented
seminars on numerous labour and employment law matters
for clients of the firm. Mr. Shouldice received
an undergraduate degree from Carleton University
in 1982, his LL.B. from the University of Toronto
in 1985, and was called to the bar in Ontario in
1987. |
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