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Louis Bernier Montréal Partner/Associé

Louis P. Bernier, AdE

Consultant Fasken
An employer must be aware of the particular nature of its relationship with its employees and the importance of its role in complying with privacy protection laws.
Jurisdiction Québec, 1975
Language(s) French, English
Office(s) Montréal
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Overview

Louis P. Bernier practises labour and employment law. He also specializes in administrative and constitutional law, with a focus on extraordinary remedies and Charter issues. Louis appears before various bodies and  tribunals and actively defends the rights of clients at every step in the proceedings.

 

Louis has many years of experience in major files and has a unique perspective on every aspect involved in the organization of work and operations management, including restructurings, subcontracting, sales and mergers. Company directors and officers trust Louis’ advice on strategic issues related to ethics, codes of ethics and governance.

 

In addition to working with numerous organizations, Louis delivers seminars on various subjects affecting the workplace.

Achievements

Client Work

  • Attorney General of Québec before the Superior Court in a dispute over the interpretation of the Bill 24, [Case - Attorney General of Quebec], This was a very important issue because there are more than 100,000 municipal employees in Québec and the total cost of their compensation is $7.8 billion.
  • Successfully advised the federal public servant in its defense about a reprisal complaint., [Case - Confidential Client], The Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal hears complaints related to reprisals taken against federal public servants following the disclosure of wrongdoings. This tribunal rarely sits given the low volume of files generated by its highly specialized jurisdiction. After years of proceedi...
  • Québec (Attorney General) v. Alliance du personnel professionnel et technique de la santé et des services sociaux (APTS), [Case - Attorney General of Quebec], In 2009, Québec introduced the Act to amend the Pay Equity Act (Act). It set out that every five years an audit had to be done to assess pay equity on a regular basis. It also set out that if there was a wage gap, employees in predominantly female job classes would receive adjustments to wages go...
  • Government of Québec enters into legal proceedings initiated by various labour unions, [Case - Government of Québec], Louis P. Bernier represented the Government of Québec in legal proceedings initiated by various labour unions in response to the Act respecting Conditions of employment in the public sector assented to in December 2005. This legislation renews the collective agreements of the Government of Québec...
  • Cossette acquired by Mill Road Capital in US$115 million deal, [Deal - Cossette Communication Group Inc.], On December 23, 2009, Mill Road Capital, L.P., a Connecticut-based private equity fund, completed its acquisition of Cossette Inc. by way of an amalgamation between Cossette and an indirect subsidiary of Mill Road. The entity resulting from the transaction will continue as Cossette Inc. The acqui...
  • Rio Tinto acquires Alcan in US$38 billion deal, [Deal - Alcan], On November 8, 2007, Rio Tinto announced that approximately 98.1% of the common shares of Alcan Inc. had been validly deposited and taken up under the offer by Rio Tinto Canada Holding Inc. ("RTCH") to acquire all the shares of Alcan. RTCH will promptly exercise its right to acquire all the rema...
  • Homburg Invest acquires Alexis Nihon REIT, [Deal - Confidential Client], On April 6, 2007, Homburg Invest Inc. (Homburg) indirectly acquired under a take-over bid 20,663,699 units of Alexis Nihon Real Estate Investment Trust (Alexis Nihon), representing approximately 70% of the issued and outstanding units, at a price of $18.60 in cash per unit. Together with the unit...
  • Represented Nortel before various courts, [Case - Nortel Inc.], Mtre Bernier has represented Nortel before various courts, including the Court of Appeal of Québec in a litigation bearing on the right of employees to continue working for their employer despite a partial alienation of the undertaking operated by that employer. This case tested the scope of empl...
  • Société des alcools du Québec in grievance arbitration that examined numerous matters of law and principle, [Case - Société des alcools du Québec]

Career & Education

Education

  • Master's Degree, Public Law Université de Montréal
  • LL.L. Université de Montréal

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member of the Québec Bar
  • Member of the Bar of Montréal
  • Member of the Canadian Bar Association
  • Member of the Association canadienne de droit du travail
  • Member of the International Society for Labour and Social Security Law
  • Member of the board of directors and executive committee of the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec
  • President of the working committee of the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec
  • Member of the board of directors, Technologies D-Box inc.
  • President of the governance and compensation committee, Technologies D-Box inc.

Events

News

Speaking Engagements

  • Business Issues: Future Outlook, 4/28/2015
  • La gestion des situations de harcèlement en entreprise et la confidentialité de l'information recueillie, 5/23/2007
  • Duty to Accommodate, 10/30/2006
Business Issues: Future Outlook Plenary - 7th Fasken Martineau Symposium location location Montreal
Duty to Accommodate location location Montréal Inter-Continental Hotel

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