Discipline & Discharge
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM PST Maritime Labour Centre 111 Victoria Drive Vancouver, BC V5L 4C4
How do you represent a member who has been disciplined? Find out the rules that employers must follow and get up to date information on recent developments. We’ll share practical tips and strategies to assess and present a discipline grievance.
In Person at the Maritime Labour Centre
Facilitators: Karen Segal & Katherine Benson
Karen Segal is a union-side labour lawyer working at Allevato, Quail & Roy. She has experience working as in-house counsel at a large Ontario union, as well as working in non-profit human rights and feminist advocacy. Karen has represented unions and union members in many different sectors addressing a wide range of issues, from individual grievances to bargaining unit wide policy disputes. Karen is dedicated to progressive social change on behalf of working people and seeks to use her legal skills to advocate for fairness at work.
Katherine is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia and the Law Society of Ontario. She earned her law degree from the University of British Columbia where she received multiple awards for her public interest and human rights work. She also holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Conflict Studies and Human Rights from the University of Ottawa.